Street art

Norman Mailer argued that graffiti art was more valid as an art piece than Robert Rauschenberg's Erased de Kooning. He took problem with the art piece saying it was more of a societal artifact than an aesthetic artifact. Mailer stated, “It is not the painting that intrigues us now but the lividities of art fashion which made the transaction possible in the first place,” (Mailer, Norman). He was upset with Rauschenberg's Erased de Kooning because he believed that the erased Kooning, although the…

but, it is meaningful art that portrays a powerful but, straightforward message. Banksy 's art is based on politics, war, hypocrisy, greed, societies issues, and even includes humorous messages ("Banksy Biography") The quality and meaning of Banksy’s art has many…

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…

graffiti artists that are allowed to spray paint walls or subways, for work and volunteer serves, can be seen as legal graffiti. The attitudes towards graffiti have changed because people think graffiti is an artwork, people are connecting with this art, and people think that graffiti artists need to be out there more in the world. One way the attitudes towards graffiti changed, is that people think that graffiti is artwork. One example that the attitude towards graffiti changed…

The Urban Art: Graffiti Your drive to work takes you through an urban neighborhood full of advertisements and billboards which barely grab your attention, but in recent weeks, a rise in vibrant images and tags sprawled across buildings and shadowed under archways catch your interest and pique your imagination. Despite a controversy over whether graffiti can exist as art or not, the “artists” who create these works believe graffiti is an art. In my opinion graffiti conveys all the same qualities…

Everybody who is anybody in the art community has about a 75% (given) probability or high of ever hearing the name thrown around in the more recent of times. A social phenomena, a political icon – the seventh wonder of the art world, one might say. He is a “satirical street artist” who combines both his dark humour and strategic stenciling into awe-filled masterpieces. Many ponder just who he might be, and to this day it remains a mystery. This controversial guerilla has spray painted his way…

People are getting arrested for expressing how they feel with art.Many people are being arrested.Graffiti should not be a crime. It should not be a crime because it could possibly inspire young people to do art and could also help them figure out what they may or may not want to do as an adult. Therefore, graffiti shouldn't be a crime because it could inspire young people to try it out. Also it would help a younger person figure out what they may or may not want to do as an adult. I do not…

as being a graffiti artist he is painter, a self-published writer and a film director. Banksy is a controversial graffiti artist whose main focus is political activism. He has worked with many street artists and with a variety of street art methods. He is alive and well and continues to impact streets around the world with his artistic accomplishments. Banksy was presumably born in Bristol, England around 1974. No one knows who he is or his real name. Banksy began his career in the early…

Pencils. Art. Vandalism. Jail? Jackson was 17 when it happened. When his whole life turned around just because of something he enjoyed, something that helped him tell the world how he felt. Graffiti was Jackson’s only way of feeling okay even happy, but after one of his best pieces on the back of an abandoned building downtown, Jackson was arrested and charged with vandalism and destruction of private property. While some people see graffiti as vandalism and a nuisance, others see it as art, a…

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…