Graffiti

B. Background on Street Art and Graffiti Although street art and graffiti are frequently referred to as being synonymous to each other and there is, indeed, a lot of crossover between the two, it is critical to briefly distinguish that street art and graffiti are not the same thing. Graffiti (from Italian sgraffio means “scratch”; from Greek graphein means “to write”) is originated from the scribbles found in ancient Rome. Today, the term graffiti is an urban contemporary movement, which…

You’re walking down the streets of London, England graffiti, littering every wall you look upon, all of them are visibly made with passion, but, it is controversial to whether graffiti is acceptable or abominable. Every year graffiti artists are charged millions of dollars for their art-related damages, even with the permission of property owners to do their artistry. However, at the same time, there are a few artists that receive payment for the art they do without legal charges like it should…

American Graffiti is set in 1962 in small town U.S.A and is filmed almost exclusively at night. It is aurally accompanied by a late 1950s and early 1960s rock ‘n’ roll sound montage and also the bizarre verbal ramblings of radio Disc Jockey Wolfman Jack. The text follows the fragmented quests[3] of four male youths at the tail end of this 1950s style youth culture before the advent of America’s full involvement in the Vietnam War, the rise of new left radicalism and spread of the Hippie movement…

states that the main problems will be graffiti on the wall, air pollution, footpath erosion and noise pollution, because a lot of people have been there and they painted on the wall to prove that they have already been there, this is also a kind of commemorate. Because of the mass numbers of visitors, noise pollution will be a problem and as tourists drive to get to the Mutianyu, there will also be air pollution produced by cars. Based on Figure 15,there is graffiti existed which makes the Great…

The ‘graffiti wars’ say about social relations of inequality and power in cities is that power of the city is in the hands of the government and those higher in power. They are the one who want to have control over what rules public space and what does not. Officials have the power to put up private corporate advertising but choose to label public graffiti as disorderly or criminal. Graffiti challenges this social order and it is those from below with lower power and faced with multiple…

Can Graffiti Ever be Considered Art? Suppose that Leonardo and Monet, or any of the recognized artisans of Western European culture, were alive in the present day. Then suppose that one of these famous artists decided to make a masterpiece on the side of the house or on your wall in your neighborhood. Would Leonardo or Monet’s masterpiece be considered graffiti art or vandalism (Stowers)? Graffiti is a writing or drawing scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface…

The term “graffiti” holds a negative connotation of vandalism to the state, yet for the people who practice it there are underlying social and political messages within this art form. While the government considers itself an entity that promotes social responsibility, by stigmatizing graffiti, it limits the artistic rights of its citizens. Each generation overrides the previous art placed in public spaces, graffiti becomes layers of artistic change, reflecting each new community it represents.…

describe what they are seeing. What people see is graffiti and street art, and while most of our society would label it as vandalism and destructive. Being a graffiti artist myself, I believe that graffiti and street art as a whole gets an undeservingly bad reputation. This is because throughout our history there has been a general misunderstanding of graffiti as a whole. There’s a lack of attention and exposure to the emergence of legal street art and graffiti such as murals, and other types of…

Graffiti is an image or picture on a wall that may be meaningful or meaningless. Some people appreciate graffiti and describe it as an art or a poetry. Others see it as dirt on a surface; that is why it is illegal in most places. Alex Boyd, a writer, defended graffiti in his essay “In Defense of Graffiti”. He pointed out the type of graffiti that is “more tangible, more political and more accessible” deserves attention and consideration (256). He gave examples to show why people create it and…

Banksy consistently search for new cutting edge techniques, materials, and methods in this constantly evolving environment. Graffiti is viewed primarily as vandalism but this limits public exposure to new ideas transmitted through street art. Prejudices toward graffiti artists should be eliminated by educating society on the benefits of art in all its forms. Although graffiti is displayed on unconventional surfaces it should be considered art because it is now drawing worldwide attention to…