Shoe’s Black Book \u2212 Graffiti in the 1980s by Niels Shoe Meulman offers a window into an artist\u2019s formative years. Before the galleries, the recognition, his development as a typographer and founding the Calligraffiti art movement, there was this: a worn and relentless black book filled with tags, pieces and outlines. Between 1985 and 1987, Niels Shoe Meulman (Amsterdam, 1967) documented his growth from wide-eyed newcomer to an artist who has fully developed his own style.
\nMore than just a sketchbook, this black book is a testament to when Shoe tagged along with New York artists like Rammellzee, Dondi White and Keith Haring. It\u2019s a record of learning: part diary, part playground, part testing ground. Here is a facsimile of a book that was stolen and mysteriously returned. But it\u2019s also adorned: Shoe’s additional notes and sharp recollections bring the era into focus. Each page captures graffiti knowledge, passed down mouth-to-mouth and hand-to-hand. Shoe’s Black Book is both document and artefact: immediate, unpolished, authentic. While other books record a culture, this one helped build it.<\/p>\n
Authors: Niels Shoe Meulman, Carlo McCormick
\nPublisher: Ruyzdael Publishing
\nPrinter: Graphius
\nPublished: 6 December 2025
\nLanguage: English
\nFormat: Paperback
\nSize: 24 x 33 cm
\nPages: 232
\nISBN: 9789083349343<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1235,"template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[57],"product_tag":[75],"class_list":["post-1243","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-multiples","product_tag-niels-shoe-meulman","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.spazioc21.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}