The fight against graffiti and the perpetrators of this crime has been an ongoing problem in Melbourne and surrounding areas. Published in the Herald Sun on the 21st of January in 2014, Leonie Burke’s article, Time to Attack Graffiti discusses this problematic situation. The main contention behind her piece is to assert the fact that better strategies in managing the problem need to be implemented. She does this by discussing how previous strategies were not effective and then considers some which have been proven to be successful. Burke ends her piece in saying that the Turnbull government should take responsibility for the situation.…
The ‘graffiti wars’ say about social relations of inequality and power in cities is that power of the city is in the hands of the government and those higher in power. They are the one who want to have control over what rules public space and what does not. Officials have the power to put up private corporate advertising but choose to label public graffiti as disorderly or criminal. Graffiti challenges this social order and it is those from below with lower power and faced with multiple inequalities such as race, age, social class, such as impoverished black youth and the like, that are taking back their cities and expressing urban hip hop culture, just as seen by black and hispanic urban youth in the film Style Wars (quote). It is a tool to…
He showed a lot of respect for graffiti artists calling their art a form of…
Elbert Hubbard once said “Art is not a thing; it is a way.” Art is all around us; from the floor we walk on, to the color of the walls around us, to the music we listen to on the radio. Many kids have taken on a lot of different forms that did not exist many years ago. Today, we fill our world with street art not exactly thought about to be art like mimes, circus acts, puppetry, mask theater, vaudeville, and storytelling through movement (Rapp 4). Art is an essential part of our society today and has been for many years.…
I enjoy driving by spray painted depictions of Martin Luther King, local landscapes, and renderings of past events. The artwork is more than just scribbles on a wall but a visual statement of their beliefs and view point of their era. Graffiti created in dangerous private places are more than just kids writing their names but artists that are creating pieces that are grander, more elaborate, than the cave men paintings. I had never thought about drawings done by cavemen as graffiti, until I read articles that linked the two. Graffiti artists aren’t criminals they just use a different canvas than common painters.…
It catches everyday citizens off guard and grabs their attention. Most professional graffiti is designed to make a political statement. I chose a piece by Meek entitled “Begging for Change”. This work of art can be interpreted in many ways. In “Begging for Change” Meek is suggesting the lack of help money provides in solving problems, the…
The first graffiti artists in the world were the Egyptians Writing on the walls, mixing characters with letters to tell the graphic story about their life, however today we do the same thing, with how we rap and draw We call it hardcore, they call it breakin the law There used to be a time when rap music was illegal The cops would come and break up every party when they see you But now the rap music 's making money for the corporate It 's acceptable to flaunt it, now everybody 's on it…
It can bring to life whatever they can create and design in one night for the world to see the next morning. With what I’ve gathered from Mike’s perspective on graffiti, I feel as if graffiti artists have a sense of freedom to fully express themselves. I respect what Mike is doing with this beautiful form of art to use it for good. On the other hand, some people have a pre-conceived notion that graffiti is distasteful, disrespectful, and useless. It is true that the negative side to graffiti are the few that vandalize people’s personal property and paint profanities, but for the true graffiti artists’ such as Mike, they can create something bigger than themselves and help the world to become a better…
Interrogations by the Graffiti community Graffiti is a subgenre of Hip-hop, and wherever you find Hip Hop you will find graffiti. Graffiti artists do not agree on whether graffiti artists should participate in advertising campaigns… The conflict of interest here makes for fascinating research to investigate what happens when something subversive and anti-mainstream gets co-opted for commercial purposes. Converse presented street art as graffiti in style and motivation however the artists used were being commissioned. “Street cred is a convincing command or display of the style, fashions, knowledge etc associated with urban counterculture “ Collins Dictionary, 2014.…
It began in the 1980s, known as the gold age of graffiti. Everything started with a wild style that used decorative lettering combined with images and icons from a popular culture to create a complex composition. Graffiti art was connected with the hip-hop culture, which included rap music, break dancing, and disc jockeys. This culture attracted a lot of attention in New York magazines, movies, and films like the movie “Break In” which helped the society have a better understanding of this culture. Many graffiti artists became very well known at the time.…
A day in American history that might be ripped out of the history books so that it can be forgotten about, or kept in them so we do not end up with these same back choices later in the nation's future. A political unrest is happening to this country, and the street artist have already started creating art to fight back the newly elected fascist president, and it does not seem like they are going to stop anytime soon. A time like this called for street art more than ever because it allows a voice to the voiceless, which has happened in our country too many times to count. In the 1970’s and 80’s, it was felt by so many people in the subculture and outside of it because of the voice the formal voiceless people have gotten, which was recorded in Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon book titled “The History of American Graffiti”. Those two decades were the significant point in the history of street art, which allowed it to turn into what we know as street art today.…
Today, the term graffiti is an urban contemporary movement, which includes anything from the simple marks to the complex and colorful works; it is…
Graffiti was once labeled as street art which was frequently a prominent problem in urban cities; defacing or “tagging” public and private property was against the law. As time as evolved, so has the street art culture. Today, street art is one of most sought after and creative outlets for local artists. The culture around street art can be interesting in the fact that artists build their names and reputation with one piece of work at a time; sometimes when it starts to take over the city it gets the attention it has been wanting. Street art is now very innovative featuring many different art styles and often makes a commentary on a social issue and if it does not, then it was created to help change the city.…
Most people that run our cities don’t like graffiti because it is like a tourist attraction but it doesn’t make them any money. They only think about themselves. So when people dislike and criticize my art I just keep on making more and more, like I did in New York, where I made a new piece every day for a month. The people who run our cities might be making the world a better place but I am trying to make it a better looking place.…
Graffiti art has been around since the ancient Egyptian times. As graffiti art becomes modernized, painting techniques are charged along with the style for perfection. These techniques consist of sketching with pencil and paper and drawing on the wall. In the United Kingdom, a famous giraffid artist known as Banksy uses these techniques in his art. Banksy’s satirical art is usually controversial along with dark humor.…