A History of Graffiti June 12‚ 2014 by MuffyMarracco everywhere from city streets to high school hallways. Graffiti can run the gamut from hastily scribbled tags of someone’s street name to carefully thought-out art that critiques contemporary society. The word graffiti comes from the Italian language. “Graffiti” is actually the plural of the word “graffito.” They are both derived from the word graffio‚ which means “a scratch.” The original graffiti was scratched into the surface‚ not just painted
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Banksy is said to be an artist by some and a graffiti lawbreaker by others. Basically‚ it is up to the person to define Banksy as someone who is doing the right thing verses doing the wrong thing. Banksy creates his graffiti pictures to make a stand for what he believes is the right way to look at controversial issues. Some people may not like Banksy’s graffiti because they do not have the same views as him. Some people might not like it because graffiti is vandalism and they see no art in vandalism
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RECIPIENT: COMMUNITY VI. LINKAGES: BARANGAYS VII. PROJECT RATIONALE 1. Graffiti vandalism is glaring along the Bakakeng Road. It destroys the beauty of environment. This situation calls for sustained efforts to remove graffiti and promote a beautiful and conducive community environment. 2. The project aims to resolve the prominent problem that is vandalism and helps promote the provision of the Anti-Graffiti Code of Baguio ordinance number 41 series of 2008. SECTION 3. Prohibited Acts
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Window and the idea of the Power of Context go hand in hand. According to Gladwell‚ the theory of Broken Windows and the Power of Context both can be changed by a small single event. An example he states to prove this idea is the one of David Gunn’s graffiti clean up. Gunn thought that by painting over vandalized spots around the city would give others the message to keep the environment in that particular fashion. Instead of people getting the idea to vandalize from seeing other vandalized property
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Graffiti: Vandalism or Art The debate between graffiti being a form of vandalism‚ or a form of art has become a major issue within the urban community. Some people view graffiti as a form of vandalism because of the act of defacing property. Others may view graffiti as a form of art and self expression. Although its artistic merits cannot be denied‚ graffiti is still in fact a form of vandalism. There are four primary motivating factors for graffiti vandalism: fame‚ rebellion‚ self expression
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People like William “Upski” Wimsatt‚ one of the most prolific Chicago-born graffiti artists‚ who inspired a generation of graffiti artists to view graffiti as an art form in his book Bomb the Suburbs!. Using whatever methods they can‚ illegal or not‚ they both worked to achieve their dreams and send their message to the world. They managed to pull people out of the blasé outlook mentioned in Georg Simmel’s scholarly essay The Metropolis and Mental Life. One of the most prominent situations where
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Features vol.2 no.1 The Aldeanos June - November Graffiti: Art or Not ? by: John Edris Calamlam N o t most of us can appreciate the true value of art. We may see a painting and call it an art. In a museum‚ we may touch a sculpture and exclaim “What an art!” Nonetheless‚ while traveling‚ we may see colorful bunch of drawings on walls of establishments that make our forehead crippled and later on ask ourselves who are those people who make “baboy” of those walls.
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New life brings new art. “Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled‚ scratched‚ or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place “‚ says Wikipedia. This kind of drawing exists since human started drawing. Examples of first graffiti drawing were found in the walls of Pompeii and Catacombs of Rome‚ and considered as an art form. However‚ modern graffers usually are being sent to jail for drawing on public walls. Graffiti is not an art form anymore‚ now it’s a crime
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relatively new concept of street art. Originating in the early 1980s‚ graffiti became an international craze within the decade. A great deal of people would argue that it is beneficial to communities to outlaw graffiti‚ but in reality there is no evidence to back up their opinion. Graffiti is a form of art‚ and there are many reasons why it should be made legal. One of the most prominent arguments against legalization of graffiti is the Broken Windows Theory. In a report written by James Wilson
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A.r.t or C.r.i.m.e? Who is responsible for the pervasion of this so called "artcrime" in today’s society??? The word "graffiti" is derived from the Latin term "graphium" which means "to write". Graffiti evolved during ancient times but first impacted on modern society in the late 1960’s‚ when political activists used it as a medium of revolt against governing powers. Thereafter‚ individual artists began to gain recognition. TAKI 183 was the first known artist to write tags‚ starting in central
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