This book is in the esteemed collection of the Letterform Archive in San Francisco. (Right down the street from CUBA’s studio!)

Another exuberant collaboration featuring San Francisco graffiti ‘Godfather” CUBA (AKA Clarence Robbs), with artist/poet Marshall Weber, legendary binder of artists’ books Sophia Kramer and a rare guest appearance by Spirograpghic artist Mary Wagner, as the graffiti is executed over a huge spirograph drawing by Wagner. The embroidered covers are of unknown Central American origin. Cuba’s enigmatic lettering conveys all the vivid frenzy of Weber’s meditation on climate change catastrophe and then some…

When fully unpacked the book is a massive 12-foot long wall of explosive calligraphy.

Cuba is the primary creator of graffiti-style illuminated manuscripts and his unique collaborations are collected throughout the world. He has also painted over 800 large-scale murals throughout the United States, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cuba whose practice has often bridged the worlds of community activism, graffiti, and the art world has often been cited as an influence for many of the Bay Area ‘Mission School’ artists as well as other street and activist culture workers. The book is designed by Marshall Weber and bound by Sophia Kramer

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (for Cuba’s books)
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Wits Art Museum (WAM), The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Letterform Archive, San Francisco, CA
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Multnomah County Public Library, Portland, OR
National Library of Luxembourg
New York Public Library, NY
Smith College, East Hampton, MA
Swarthmore College, PA
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Tufts Univesity, Boston, MA
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Delaware, Newark
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Kansas, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence
University of Iowa, Iowa City
University Of Maryland, College Park
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
University of Texas, San Antonio
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wellesley College, Davis Museum and Cultural Center, MA
Yale University, New Haven, CT