Graffiti

Freedom is a word that can be defined to every person in a different way. To all people though there is a way to feel freedom. To me, the definition of freedom is anyway a person wishes to express their emotions or feelings. It could be through playing an instrument, writing a story or simply talking. It’s not holding back from whatever it is that gives you the exhilarating and amazing feeling of being free. This goes along with the Merriam-Webster dictionary, which defines freedom as “the…

As I arrived to class on Wednesday 25, 2017 my professor Peter Saint John decided that we needed a bigger room due to the fact that we have a lot of students in such as a small classroom. Therefore, with his suggested and other students in the classroom, we decide to go upstairs to a bigger room on the 3rd floor of Magnuson center. As we were going upstairs there was a meeting going on in the building and my professor decided to check it out and had a conversation with the people involved. The…

Banksy, an unknown English street artist, believed to be born in Bristol around 1974, rose to prominence for his controversial stencil works in the late 90’s. His career began as a small graffiti artist apart of a street art gang ‘DryBreadZ Crew’. By the late 90’s his stencil works began to become more widely recognized in many different parts of England. Banksy spent years developing a very unique style which usually consisted of striking imagery and deep political meanings. The works were…

Street art is something that some people might consider vandalism and not art, but there is one street artist who has shattered these rules and that is Banksy. Banksy has become one of the most iconic street artist in the world. Banksy uses the world has his canvas, and he is willing to do whatever it takes to create his works. Going as far as putting works up in Disneyland, he even went as far as creating a series of works on the barrier that splits Israel from Palestine. He has done all this…

Although graffiti is a major conflict in school, there are many ways to cut down graffiti acts inside bathrooms, stairwells, and the entire school property. In the past graffiti was not a problem, over time students have been let free to do whatever they want, and deterring these acts of vandalism will improve how students gradually become geniuses of the next generation. The way to terminate graffiti in schools starts by putting a sign in sheet in the lavatory. So, when students undertake…

more serious may be reduced by maintaining smaller crimes such as vandalism, public drinking, and jumping tollbooths. Gladwell further explains, “…he believed that like graffiti, fare—beating could be a signal, a small expression of disorder that invited much more serious crime” (Gladwell 153). Gunn reduced the crime rates of graffiti, created a trend stop other minor crimes such as farebeating, helped lower the crime rate in New York City, and created a better environment for the community…

it or not, local art is a force that often brings people of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles together. Cities as diverse as New York City benefit from the constant stimuli of art. Art takes multiple forms in urban spaces, including graffiti, murals, art museums, and commemorative statues. Within the article Reframing Public Art: Audience Use, Interpretation, and Appreciation, author Harriet F. Senie narrows her research in on the interaction of statues and their audiences.…

The backstreet story of Banksy Sometimes it’s fun not knowing the answer. Often not knowing the answer is what helps us to see more clearly. Well at least that’s true in Banksy’s case. Well-known, unknown, British Graffiti master, filmmaker, activist, troublemaker, Banksy, has made headlines around the world for years. Yet his true identity still remains unknown. Banksy is undoubtedly the most controversial street artist ever known. His artwork sparks curiosity and starts controversy across…

For centuries art is what brought the eye closer to reality. Art and freedom of expression extremely complement each other. The freedom to express anything through art has been around longer than the freedom to express through writing. New ways of making art are being created all the time for instance around the early 1900 's when printmaking first started; one of its many uses was to be used as political awareness. For example, many people in the towns of Mexico were illiterate, so these…

In 2010, Banksy, the well renowned English street artist, released a documentary called Exit Through the Gift Shop. This film features the story of Theirry Guetta, a French immigrant who has an obsession with capturing every event in his life that ultimately leads him to developing his identity as Mr. Brainwash. His original intent was to create a documentary about street art but we soon find that the documentary begins to focus on Guettas introduction and journey into the street art world.…