Graffiti

Graffiti and other street art are mostly male-dominated and people assume that the work is done by males alone. However, this assumption is based off the fact that women are under-represented when it comes to graffiti and other street art. There are a lot more women in this industry than we are led to believe. Graffiti is vandalism so there is so much anonymity in the street art world and if there are females, some take male tag names in order to gain respect. In the two articles, the authors…

and in public bathrooms. You’ve never put much thought into graffiti. Some graffiti you see can be funny and welcoming, while others can be crude and racist. The Oxford Dictionary defines graffiti as being, “writings or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or in a public place,” while other people argue that it’s not illegal and is art. Which side of the story is correct? Is graffiti art or vandalism? Graffiti is a way for people to express themselves and it also can…

campaign” are very similar. People who spread graffiti in public areas work hard towards the final product. Because their “artwork” requires a few days to complete, painting over their initial work the first time sends out an ambiguous message. The true power of context in that case, the sight of a never-before seen clean public transportation system, tells the vandals that vandalism will not be accepted and is now being enforced. By fixing the graffiti problem and keeping the trains well…

smiley faces. To some people, these smiley faces may seem like part of the original artist 's design, but they are in fact just a cover up, or an "artistic Band-Aid". What these Band-Aids are hiding are strategically placed tags, placed there by graffiti artists in an all-out defense against street artists. Unbeknownst to the general…

utilizes approximately seven sources to describe her beliefs about graffiti. George associates first with author Lea Vergine, as George illustrates their shared beliefs about graffiti. George discusses the various terms used by society for graffiti, such as tagging, graffiti, writing, along with Vergine’s personal belief that is “the painting of desire or wild communication” (Silverman). George points to the popular viewpoint of graffiti by society, as theorized by criminologists James Q. Wilson…

enacted a variety of laws to protect private property from the unauthorized use and damage, such as, vandalism, which is typically defined as damaging, defacing, or destroying the property of another without his consent. Many states include the word “graffiti” and other artistic creations in the meaning of “vandalism.” Consequently, the majority of courts in the U.S. find that street artist’s rights are secondary to the property owners rights. Given the popularity of Banksy and his fellow…

“Street Art and Graffiti Resources for Online Study” is an article published in April 2014 by Michael DeNotto. The author is an instruction librarian at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Michael DeNotto got three degrees in three universities: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S. in Library and Information Science, 2012 Valparaiso University M.A. in English Studies and Communication with TESOL certificate, 2009 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville B.A. in English with minor…

everyone to see. A message that would normally not be socially acceptable, but is it vandalism? Graffiti stands out from other forms of artwork, not only in it’s style, but also in it’s public message as well as it’s agenda. Street art breaks the rules. It broadcasts information that people would be afraid to say or would possibly make someone uncomfortable. But is this a good thing? Is it now tolerated? Graffiti has existed dating back to ancient times of 18,000 B.C. However, todays modern…

Graffiti, however, provides a “unique artistic courage” that allows them to grow intellectually and artistically (Kan 21). These artists discover new meanings behind life struggles and gratefully share them with the public. The “driving force behind these…

As sited in the lecture, "hip hop music has a diverse and colorful history"with stem in "graffiti",b-boying,djing, and mc 'ing . This essay will explore the four elements of hip hop in depth. Graffiti immerged in the early 1960 's in Phildelphia (lecture notes). To graffiti was to express yourself through art on anything around the city. Next is B-Boying or break dancing, which came along shortly after graffiti in the early 70 's in the Bronx (lecture notes). This was a way for the Hip-Hop to…