I wrote a review about a Front Forty Press book for URB a few months back and now it seems they are gearing up for even more projects. To celebrate this, they are hosting a party at Chicago’s Luminaire tomorrow night. For those of you who don’t know, Front Forty is a small press here in Chicago run by artist Doug Fogelson. The point of the books (mostly in graphic novel format), is to cultivate and communicate ideas, which mostly wind up being artistic, sociological and interestingly, very urban.

The book I wrote about for URB was called “Graffitecture” and it features photos of stark, modern interiors (taken by Fogelson) which were then unleashed on prolific graff artists. The point was to let these artists marker and paint up these photos however they liked, in essence giving them access to places they would normally never get to touch. The results are stunning and thought-provoking, complimented by essays in the beginning and end of the book. I highly recommend you check out the book and the little engine that could behind it. Oh, in particular, if you dig “Graffitecture,” “The Hole” might be up your alley as well.