Banksy

Discover the life of Keith Haring and his piece named Untitled that was created in 1982 and is now in the Museum of Modern Art. As you look around the Museum of Modern Art where the piece named Untitled is placed you’ll see beige colored walls until you turn a small corner and see a display made out of what looks to be a fish tank filled half full with three basketballs floating in the water. Behind the Three Ball 50/50 Tank centerpiece you’ll find a whole wall covered in a black and white…

Graffiti for Social Change The general argument made by the author in the work, "Afghani Artist puts Beautiful Images on Kabul’s Ugly Walls of War,”is that art can help change people's minds about violence and corruption. More specifically, the author argues that Kabir Mokamel and the group known as the Art Lords are using the large concrete blast walls that surround the homes of government officials and other upper class people as a canvas for paintings that speak out against corruption and…

Ever seen art on the on the side of the building? Or art pieces on walls in the city? This art is called graffiti and the community have different views on this style of art. People always view graffiti in a negative way. But let’s say this view graffiti in another way like looking at it without thinking about the negativity, instead view the creativity and the beauty of the the art. Graffiti is art because graffiti could have a positive effect on people, graffiti could send a message, and not…

Graffiti The controversy on whether graffiti is considered art or not is still going on. People who think graffiti should not be considered art also think graffiti isn’t art, is vandalism, related to gangs, not needed, and random objects spray painted on the wall. But the people who do think it should be considered art they see art, inspiration, interest, and feelings. Just because some people don’t see what other people see doesn’t mean what they see is right and everyone should listen to them…

Unknown Title Graffiti, a lot comes to mind when you witness a work of art on a building, house, store, or someone's property. Is it truly a work of art? No it is not, graffiti is vandalism; Ruthless destruction, unnecessary and threatening at times. Graffiti is vandalism not art; Graffiti is against the law, there are exorbitant prices to clean up graffiti, and lastly, graffiti is ruining the magnificence of our towns, cities and creating an unsafe environment. Laws are laws, they are made…

Spray Paint. Stencils. Markers. Pencils. Art. Vandalism. Jail? Jackson was 17 when it happened. When his whole life turned around just because of something he enjoyed, something that helped him tell the world how he felt. Graffiti was Jackson’s only way of feeling okay even happy, but after one of his best pieces on the back of an abandoned building downtown, Jackson was arrested and charged with vandalism and destruction of private property. While some people see graffiti as vandalism and a…

Rags to Riches: How the Rise of Graffiti Has Mimicked its Artists On Saturday Night Live in 1997, then-mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani declared “we’ve gotten [graffiti] off our subways, but there are still idiots out there trying to turn our streets into an eyesore! (McKay)” Now, almost twenty years later, an original piece of iconic street artist Banksy’s work sells for as much as $1.7 million (Randal). Each of Banksy’s most valued pieces was undervalued by hundreds of thousands of…

Graffiti is Art What do you consider art? Someone sitting in front of a canvas with a paint brush painting whatever they imagine. Why don’t you consider graffiti as art when it is the same thing, except that the streets are your canvas and a can of spray paint is your paint brush? Graffiti should definitely be art because there are graffiti museums that sell pieces of graffiti for substantial amounts of money. Graffiti artists put just as much time and effort as a regular artist, and it can be…

Henry Chelfant, one of the authors of the book Subway Art, notes that style concept is very specific (Chelfant 29). First of all, it is determined by letters form and how they are connected. According on site “Graffiti: art through vandalism”, there are several different styles of graffiti that are popular today. Pieces is the most common style at the moment. “Pieces are the most elaborate graffiti works, with a more artistic composition. Considered to be an artist 's best work, these are…

to oral and written argument. Banksy, the creator of the photograph above, applies the ideas established throughout the history of rhetoric to the design he creates all round the world. Thus, who is Banksy? It’s a loaded question with no answers. Solely, Bansky is invisible. Banksy is the name employed by an anonymous British street creator, infamous for the stenciled graffiti and installation art he creates publicly areas. Through his use of sarcastic pictures, Banksy takes on problems with…