Now in its third printing.
Murals of Richmond, compiled and edited by Richmond-based artist, muralist, and writer Mickael Broth. The book is a 222-page hardcover coffee-table book documenting the explosion of public art in Richmond over the past decade. Featuring nearly 300 full-color photographs and nearly 70 interviews conducted by Mickael with artists from around the world who have painted in Richmond, this book is a testament to the transformative power of publicly accessible art. The first printing sold out almost immediately and has become a staple of holiday gift-giving.
Available to purchase online through the Virginia Museum of Fine Art shop, as well as in Richmond at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Chop Suey Books, The Virginia Museum of History and Culture, The Valentine Museum, and World of Mirth.
Gated Community: Graffiti and Incarceration is a memoir detailing Mickael Broth's involvement in graffiti vandalism, and the ten-month jail sentence that it led to when he was twenty-one, living in Richmond, Virginia. Expanding on his personal experiences, the book addresses issues of wider relevance, such as delinquency, property rights, addiction, racism, class privilege, privatization, and mass incarceration in America, among other topics. It stands apart from the glut of hero-worshiping graffiti tomes currently on the market, relating rather to the more honest, and societally significant story of a young person placed at odds with the justice system and society's mores. Praised by audiences as diverse as graffiti writers, art magazines, and even a MacArthur Fellow, this book is an insider's perspective on two worlds that the general public is only able to view from outside. Brutally honest and conveying a deep sense of remorse, while punctuated by a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor, Gated Community: Graffiti and Incarceration will transport the reader into worlds they may be lucky never to experience themselves.
Read the digital version for free at Amazon, Apple Books, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, or anywhere else you get your ebooks.
All printings are currently sold out.
Highly limited run publication documenting murals, sculptures, digital work, and ephemera from 2021.
Out of print.
Highly limited run publication documenting murals, sculptures, digital work, and ephemera from 2020.
Out of print.
Ten issue publication focused on skateboarding, art, and beer drinking. Created and published by Mickael Broth and James “Barf” Callahan between 2009 and 2011, Born Ugly became a cult hit thanks to the issue launch party/skate jams, the unique blending of skate culture and art, as well as the early focus on DIY skatespot building. After an initial focus on the Richmond skate scene, Born Ugly evolved to covering skate culture around the world through an underground network of creatives and criminals. Available online here.
Out of print.