As we walk through the city streets, or as we travel, we find graffiti for almost about anywhere. It has been around forever and it will never stop. Originally, graffiti was brought up in the subways in New York in the 1960’s, and it was a manner for real graffiti writers to express themselves to no limits. During the 1960’s, graffiti was strictly illegal; many laws were enforced against this act to the extent where these people were incarcerated for something they loved to do. For the real graffiti writers, it was also a way to gain recognition and power to become successful in life, starting with the streets. Prior to this era, graffiti was only visible in the streets whereas today we see graffiti in galleries, churches, luxury brands, and
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What real graffiti sprayers had that not many artists have today was style, so that’s how they managed their art work to look amazing and detailed. Every minute for them was valuable just to make their art piece recognizable and become successful for it. For example, “the most famous graffiti artist on the planet” Banksy is very well known as a “guerilla-style art rebel” and investing millions of dollars in his art work (The Daily Beast). He is also known as being resented by graffiti artist and his ability to do whatever he wants (Write of Passage). “His finances afford him the ability to skip around the world and generate his art and if he gets caught he’s just going to get a slap on the wrist” (Write of Passage). According to The Daily Beast, New Yorkers are calling out Banksy as he roams New York City on a 30-day tagging quest. Steve, the founder of an anonymous New York based guerilla art group (Trustocorp), is known for its riotous signs and other works meant to focus “the hilarity and hypocrisy of human behavior” (The Daily Beast). One Monday, Steve put out two street signs in New York City directing the irony of Banksy being the world’s famous multimillionaire keeping the image of a “rebellious street artist” (The Daily Beast). On the other hand, the real/original graffiti artists get in trouble and do jail time while other people become famous and get are praised for doing the …show more content…
A prime example is the popular/luxury and $28.4 billion company Louis Vuitton who have invested billions of dollars from their products. “In 2001, Louis Vuitton embarked on one of the most alarming creative directional shifts in recent memory. With the help of ’80s fashion designer Stephen Sprouse, the world’s most luxurious luggage maker decided to reinvent 150 years of aristocratic heritage by incorporating neon graffiti script into its sacred LV monogram print bags” (Highsnobiety). This company is worth billions of dollars, but Louis Vuitton is using original street artist’s work and the artists don’t get any credit or profit from their used idea. This company makes a lot of money off ideas that aren’t theirs and don’t seem to appreciate the graffiti art and its culture. For someone unaware of their origins, a leather bag with neon tags is a complete misrepresentation of what this type of art is about (Highsnobiety). Louis Vuitton does not give the original street artist’s credit or any profit from their hard work and dedication; this company only cares about investing money in their products and becoming richer every
What real graffiti sprayers had that not many artists have today was style, so that’s how they managed their art work to look amazing and detailed. Every minute for them was valuable just to make their art piece recognizable and become successful for it. For example, “the most famous graffiti artist on the planet” Banksy is very well known as a “guerilla-style art rebel” and investing millions of dollars in his art work (The Daily Beast). He is also known as being resented by graffiti artist and his ability to do whatever he wants (Write of Passage). “His finances afford him the ability to skip around the world and generate his art and if he gets caught he’s just going to get a slap on the wrist” (Write of Passage). According to The Daily Beast, New Yorkers are calling out Banksy as he roams New York City on a 30-day tagging quest. Steve, the founder of an anonymous New York based guerilla art group (Trustocorp), is known for its riotous signs and other works meant to focus “the hilarity and hypocrisy of human behavior” (The Daily Beast). One Monday, Steve put out two street signs in New York City directing the irony of Banksy being the world’s famous multimillionaire keeping the image of a “rebellious street artist” (The Daily Beast). On the other hand, the real/original graffiti artists get in trouble and do jail time while other people become famous and get are praised for doing the …show more content…
A prime example is the popular/luxury and $28.4 billion company Louis Vuitton who have invested billions of dollars from their products. “In 2001, Louis Vuitton embarked on one of the most alarming creative directional shifts in recent memory. With the help of ’80s fashion designer Stephen Sprouse, the world’s most luxurious luggage maker decided to reinvent 150 years of aristocratic heritage by incorporating neon graffiti script into its sacred LV monogram print bags” (Highsnobiety). This company is worth billions of dollars, but Louis Vuitton is using original street artist’s work and the artists don’t get any credit or profit from their used idea. This company makes a lot of money off ideas that aren’t theirs and don’t seem to appreciate the graffiti art and its culture. For someone unaware of their origins, a leather bag with neon tags is a complete misrepresentation of what this type of art is about (Highsnobiety). Louis Vuitton does not give the original street artist’s credit or any profit from their hard work and dedication; this company only cares about investing money in their products and becoming richer every