Graffiti

Mark Bradford is very humorous and funny, almost comedian-like. Bradford takes posters from the ghetto, décollage & collages them, then sands them down. Some examples of posters he picks say, "Immigration in papers in thirty days" and "Indian Hair Weave". He uses repetition. In one of his projects he uses "perm end papers" because he used to work in his mother's hair salon and uses "musical fragments". In another map-like project he made up stories using his imagination about who lived at an…

The clip demonstrates that street art is an actual process, just as the steps took to complete fine art, and is more than just ¨hooligans¨ randomly painting on buildings with a spray can. For example, a general pattern shown throughout certain shots, cuts and sounds, is the method used to create street art, which involves more than one may think. To begin with, the entire clip is composed of jump cuts where the shots are abruptly cut. Each cut portrays a different scene tying into the general…

main theme present in Chronopoulos’ Graffiti as a Manifestation of Social Disorder, is how hip hop culture in New York; more specifically the use of graffiti, challenged social order by taking over public space and the governments disapproval through their attempt to regulate the manifestations of the hip hop culture (p.91-93). Chronopoulos goes on to explain how the hip hop culture is seen as threat by the government in the 1970’s, and narrows in on graffiti in particular, due to “it’s…

Why do you call it vandalism when the graffiti gives life to the area and brightens it up. Graffiti is one of the most popular art forms. The subculture surrounding graffiti has existed for several decades, and is still going strong. The reason I support graffiti is because it allows the artist to express themselves in an artistic way instead of stealing, doing drugs or joining a street gang. That’s how some people like to express themselves it also keeps them out of trouble like stealing or…

Graffiti and Commodification Culture: an Analysis From eye-catchingly vivid, rainbow hued designs spread across facades of brick and stone, to illegible names and phrases haphazardly scrawled in subway cars and on stop signs, graffiti is meant to be seen. In a world where even art is commodified -- fine art pieces can fetch up to 300 million dollars in auctions – graffiti symbolizes to many a tactical form of resistance against consumerism in art and society. Although graffiti artists who do…

Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass helps IB students understand the concept of international mindedness. This book includes the concepts of poverty and inequality after WW2, the reactions of the citizens whose loved ones fought in the war, and what it looked and felt like. This book would also be a good novel study for IB students, because it helps to understand the hardships from the aftermath of the war. After WW II in 1945, poverty became a major issue in both the book and the leading events…

How to Make Graffiti Letters Graffiti is another way to communicate with other artists. It’s illegal, but sometimes it is a way to express your emotions. You can go to prison for up to ten years or you can get fined if the damage costs more than $5,000. Spray cans are usually common for creating graffiti, as they have different nozzles for different coverage. Here is a way to draw graffiti. First, you need to grab a sheet of paper and find a word or words to draw in graffiti. Ruled or blank…

The graffiti on campus sparked my interest in understanding the struggles that people of color experience on a day to day basis. When the graffiti happened many Caucasian students were shocked to find out that racism is still alive in today’s society. Although I did know that racism was still in today’s society, I did not understand that student of color struggled with racism from day to day. I learned during a discussion in class that this was still a problem and decided to learn about what…

Many ask that question, it’s mostly described in a form of art called Graffiti, a specific graffiti artist by the name of Banksy; creates political art all around the street corners of London, many people are distracted by his sudden artwork, it looks too realistic to be just a painting, Banksy does this by using stencils, mainly made…

With many people against graffiti and not letting graffiti artists do murals in their property, graffiti artists also known as taggers go out and tag wherever they want, making it a crime. I don’t ask for you to take any actions forward graffiti art but to actually take your time and analyze what the graffiti piece signify and not only judge it, in most cases it was done illegally but really think how it would be if there were legal places where graffiti artist could express their thoughts…