Graffiti in Australia
Development of graffiti throughout history
Modern Graff or graffiti can be traced back to Philadelphia, during the late 60's. But some people believe its origins can be traced back to New York around the same time. In the 1960’s the art work was mostly political and or gangs marking there territory’s throughout the streets of America.
The first well know graffiti writer in the early 70’s was TAKI 183 took the graffiti scene to a new level by covering a lot of New York City with his tag. TAKI attracted so much attention that the New York Times did and article on TAKI which exposed graffiti to the wider community of New York. TAKI was not the first graffiti writer, but he was considered legendary for his wide spread graffiti and bringing so much attention to this urban form of self-expression.
Graffiti tagging became coemptive between the boroughs of New York City. Gangs and fellow artists began to see who could cover more area with illegal tags and street art. The letters slowly progress from tags onto block and bubble. This is the start of many modern graffiti forms today. The arts form boomed from this point and took shape in the subways of New York City. This is where the connection to trains and modern day graffiti was born. The train is considered the ‘’ultimate canvas of a graffiti writer’’.
During the 70’s graffiti flourished. The 80’s were very trying times for the subway graffiti artists of metropolitan transit systems. The Transit services began focus on ways to stop graffiti from entering there train systems. A few more of the hard-core artists refused to stop ‘’graffing’’ and kept the art form alive. The emergence of hip-hop and hip-hop culture during the 80’s exposed graffiti to the world further more. From here it began showing up everywhere. The wide spread exposure sky rocketed graffiti into popular culture and became what it is today.
Modern Graff or graffiti can be traced back to Philadelphia, during the late 60's. But some people believe its origins can be traced back to New York around the same time. In the 1960’s the art work was mostly political and or gangs marking there territory’s throughout the streets of America.
The first well know graffiti writer in the early 70’s was TAKI 183 took the graffiti scene to a new level by covering a lot of New York City with his tag. TAKI attracted so much attention that the New York Times did and article on TAKI which exposed graffiti to the wider community of New York. TAKI was not the first graffiti writer, but he was considered legendary for his wide spread graffiti and bringing so much attention to this urban form of self-expression.
Graffiti tagging became coemptive between the boroughs of New York City. Gangs and fellow artists began to see who could cover more area with illegal tags and street art. The letters slowly progress from tags onto block and bubble. This is the start of many modern graffiti forms today. The arts form boomed from this point and took shape in the subways of New York City. This is where the connection to trains and modern day graffiti was born. The train is considered the ‘’ultimate canvas of a graffiti writer’’.
During the 70’s graffiti flourished. The 80’s were very trying times for the subway graffiti artists of metropolitan transit systems. The Transit services began focus on ways to stop graffiti from entering there train systems. A few more of the hard-core artists refused to stop ‘’graffing’’ and kept the art form alive. The emergence of hip-hop and hip-hop culture during the 80’s exposed graffiti to the world further more. From here it began showing up everywhere. The wide spread exposure sky rocketed graffiti into popular culture and became what it is today.