Graffiti

Martinez, José. “Know Your Graffiti: Art, Vandalism or Gang Device?” Home, 12 Mar. 2012, 12:11pm, www.oncentral.org/news/2012/03/06/know-your-graffiti-art-vandalism-or-gang-device/. Jose Martinez goes over how you can tell the difference between art work and gang tagging. He interviewed an LA police officer and a gang member on how exactly they represent gangs and their territory. Jose also says how gangs tag where people can read it and understand it. Jose mentions how gang tagging "is legible…

The Bronx has many locations where graffiti can be noticed. The grand concourse, a major route in the Bronx is home to many of the graffiti locations in New York. For instance, The Andrew Freedman home is a landmark for New York City and is located at 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY. The house was many graffitti (artwork) on its boundary wall and in the inside as exhibitions. During 1924-1983, the Renaissance Palazzo styled Andrew Freedman home served as a beautiful location for the elderly. In…

Introducing literature that exposes students to global issues is an important aspect of the IB curriculum. “Graffiti Knight” by Karen Bass and “Wanting Mor” by Rukhsana Khan, both offer a great plot structure, characters and historical context that would teach IB students about risk-taking. Graffiti Knight is about Wilm and his friends who rebel against the Soviets in Germany during the post WWII. Wanting Mor is about a girl named Jameela who her father abandoned and left in the orphanage in…

to jail for graffiti, which doesn't have any clear laws stating it's illegal. In the city of london, 8 men are being charged with 11 years in prison and 1.3 million dollars for the grafiti while some artists are just getting a small fine or even being let off the hook completely. Graffiti laws need to be less strict and more fair for artists, because these laws are discouraging artist to paint and they are making the cities have less culture. Around the world many people think graffiti is a…

Graffiti is a form of art used to convey a person's independent thought. I believe that the painter of the graffiti I chose wanted to associate the flower to the lack of nature of New York City. New York City sometimes referred to as the capital of the world. The city has a low concentration of nature. Nature can only be found in places such as Central Park or Battery park, but even there you can see the lack of nature considering everything is so organized and nicely placed, a clear evidence…

The term “war on graffiti” defined by Sherri Cavan in “The Great Graffiti Wars of The Late 20th Century”, she writes “authorities in communities throughout America have used the rhetoric of “war” to define the “threat” posed by graffiti and to justify the mobilization of community resources to eradicate it. In the article “The Making of Space, Race and Place”, Maggie Dickinson goes on to explain how in New York City, the mayor has tried to stop the practice of graffiti by making laws. She…

Advertising executives would lost their profits because graffiti could occupy their space. Graffiti writers have their own risk to against power people and law…

understood (citation). However, people will interpret the meaning of art differently to the way others do. The same applies to “graffiti”, there are many ways you could describe or define “graffiti” however, one person will have a different perspective on it from another. The question “To what extent can graffiti be considered a form of art?” will not only explore the style of graffiti however it will also explore the term “Street Art” as both are interrelated. Since the two terms are similar…

political/cultural reporter, Graffiti helped create a community where people united in order to combine similar thoughts and reactions (Soueif, On Art and Politics). It also created a sense of power and authority from the citizens giving them the right to protest in a way they feel is most effective (Soueif, On Art and Politics). This reveals the concept of “Pictures vs. Words” and how a painted picture can reflect the state of a thousand citizens. John Lennon describes how graffiti was…

17, 2015 Lady Pink Graffiti is something that has been in the world since Rome. People would use graffiti as a political resistance tactic. Graffiti back in that time was merely scratches on a wall, nothing compared to what it is today. Graffiti has progressed since that time and is now being seen as art despite being a crime as well. Many people perceive graffiti as a male dominant activity due to the nature of modern day graffiti. However, Being a women in the world of graffiti presents many…