Bubblegram : a street surfing painting

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Nicolai, Olaf - 1962. 2007. Bubblegram : A Street Surfing Painting. Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries, Urban Books, accessed February 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/urban-books/item/3156

Title: Bubblegram : a street surfing painting
Creator: Nicolai, Olaf - 1962
Date: 2008
Description: Title Description - This book documents Olaf Nicolai's re-design and painting of a skate park at the Mehrerauerbrücke in Bregenz, Germany. Using the pre-existing elements of the park as a starting point, Nicolai surrounded the structures with colorful elliptical forms and paths to help beginners learning to skate. The suggestions of speech balloons and chewing gum bubbles are a playfully ironic reference: Bubblegram is a combination of the words "Archigram" and "bubblegum." The architects group Archigram was known in the sixties for its unconventional and utopian designs for urban spaces, which frequently cited aspects of everyday life, advertising, television, and comic strips. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).
Catalog record.
Call Number: N6888.N53 B83 2000
Link to Catalog Record: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b2981205~S2
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries
Tags: Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords:; Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords: Mapping; Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Art, Modern -- 20th century
Library Keywords: Street art -- Pictorial works

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