England. The son of a photocopier technician‚ he trained as a butcher but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s." Observers have noted that his style is similar to Blek le Rat who began to work with stencils in 1981 in Paris and Jef Aerosol who sprayed his first street stencil in 1982 in Tours France‚ and members of the anarcho-punk band Crass‚ which kept up a graffiti stencil campaign on the London Tube System in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His work
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"Graffiti is an art form" Or is it? There are many arguments for and against graffiti. In this essay‚ I will try to tackle the various aspects of these arguments‚ giving proof along the way. My interest in graffiti is purely artistic; I feel this essay may be more biased towards graffiti as an art form‚ as I think it is a beautiful and interesting branch of artistic talent and individualism. Is graffiti an Art Form?. There is an anonymous man‚ who I will refer to as Dain‚ in Switzerland who is an
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In the late 60’s‚ early 70’s‚ graffiti sub culture is appearance frequently in some main cities of The U.S. Then the graffiti sub culture began to filtrate throughout the world‚ due mainly to its association within the hip-hop culture. In the major cities of Australian‚ the graphitic artistes also doing their work round the cities. Is graffiti a real culture and can affluent in art categories or it only is a kind of vandalism and always effect people’s life? The definition of art is "expression
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Graffiti SAC Graffiti art is an art form. The reasons‚ including aesthetic criteria‚ as to why it is an art form far outweighs the criticism of illegality‚ incoherence‚ and nonstandard presentation. Suppose that Leonardo‚ Picasso or any of the recognized artists of Western Europe were alive today. Then‚ suppose that one of these famous artists decided to paint a masterpiece on the side of your house or on a wall in your neighbourhood. Would Picasso ’s markings be graffiti or art or vandalism
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Response: Art Crime: Graffiti Wars Matthew Newton began his article‚ Art Crime: Graffiti Wars‚ by explaining a man whom the police identified as the most wanted graffiti artist in Pittsburgh. After bringing the man to court‚ police had come to realize that he was wanted for crimes that resulted in $212‚000 in damages. The case of this man illustrates what people believe as an increasing crackdown on graffiti across the country. Newton addresses the argument of what graffiti art really is. Some says
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I believe that Graffiti is most certainly a valid art form. The question as to whether any forms of graffiti can be considered art is a controversial area. Is it vandalism when it is placed on the side of a building or a car and art when it is on a canvas on someone’s wall or in a gallery- what is the difference? Graffiti‚ in its more complex forms‚ can be considered art because it clearly contains artistic elements‚ it communicates the artist’s expression to the viewer‚ and the traditional art community
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Graffiti artists often produce artworks which deliver social‚ political or religious issues in the urban space within a society. Graffiti artists are built to embody cultural groups and within their graffiti works reflect on a range of issues‚ in order to cause an impression on the audience who pass by (Young 2012‚ 297). Artists often represent social and political issues in their works in order to state combinations of statements and argue how they get accused or seized by the law in producing such
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criminal damage‚ defacement‚ graffiti and crass erection of an eyesore. I feel so angry and anxious‚why they do something like that.They feel that destruction of public or private property is the usual things..like they didn’t feel guilty about this.They just want to have fun with others...but they didn’t think what might others feel about them.Can’t they think on their own..uhhh such a horrible think..Example of vandalisme:This toilet has been sprayed over with graffiti. Though the toilets haven’t
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city‚ it is almost guaranteed to see sort of bright colored graffiti strewn across. The phenomena that is modern graffiti originated in Philadelphia during the early 1970’s and spread to other urban cities‚ most notably New York. Many graffiti artists used it as means to showcase their art‚ while others used it as a public speech and highlight gentrification within the area. Despite its artistic nature‚ city governments quickly labeled graffiti as a form of “vandalism”‚ and instilled various programs
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Graffiti Art Brings Positive Effects to Our Society 2011 TED Prize winner - JR’s Wish "I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project‚ and together we’ll turn the world...INSIDE OUT." [pic] Outline I. Introduction Thesis statement: The development of street culture as known as “Global Street Subculture” from 15 years before until now integrates into a bigger scale and positively impacts our society and individuals
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