Comparing Graffiti And Street Art

I am going to argue that street art rose to a substantially valuable level from cultural and historical perspective, thus, it is time to change or flex the property law in favor of preserving important murals of street artists. My focus is solely on Banksy, whose works have been predominantly illegal. B. Background on Street Art and Graffiti Although street art and graffiti are frequently referred to as being synonymous to each other and there is, indeed, a lot of crossover between the two, it is critical to briefly distinguish that street art and graffiti are not the same thing. Graffiti (from Italian sgraffio means “scratch”; from Greek graphein means “to write”) is originated from the scribbles found in ancient Rome. Today, the term graffiti is an urban contemporary movement, which includes anything from the simple marks to the complex and colorful works; it is …show more content…
Some of the more famous and eldest street artists today are Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Blek le Rat, Retna, Primary Flight, Typoe, Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada and others. The works of the street artists have been commercially recognized through its use in advertisement, fashion branding, films, music packaging, and media. Moreover, the galleries and the museums started to exponentially appreciate and endorse the street art pieces. For instance, I first brought my attention to the importance of the street art influence on the modern art market when I saw Banksy’s Kissing Coppers for the first time in Miami at the Fine Art Auctions Miami. The work was removed from a pub wall in Brighton, U.K., and sold in FAAM to an anonymous buyer for $575,000 U.S. dollars. Kissing Coppers is not the highest priced Banksy’s work. Stephan Kessler sold Banksy’s Slave Labour for £750,000 British pounds (today approximately $1 133,284 U.S. dollars) to a US collector. Kissing Coppers and Slave Labour are presented