‘Iraq Walls’ is a book that captures the writing found on the walls of Iraq. This act of inscribing a moniker or statement on public or private surfaces is commonly known as graffiti—a culture that originated primarily in New York City in the late 1960s.
While not all the spray-painted markings featured in this book are classified as traditional graffiti, they share the same medium: spray paint.
The book aims to highlight how these spray-painted expressions exist in a region largely untouched by Western graffiti artists, mainly due to Iraq’s complex and troubled history.
