Misunderstood I have seen all types of graffiti; Latin Kings gang tags on rain road electrical boxes‚ to planned and beautiful wall art at Oak Street beach in Chicago. I’ve met people that paint graffiti illegally; I live in Chicago where graffiti thrive‚ so I feel it’s safe to say I’m immersed in the art. I appreciate it because I don’t assume all of it is corrupt‚ I see the message they are trying to convey. Recently‚ graffiti artists have come under serious attack by the media and authority
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artist should be able to follow a specific size‚ length and form according to Plato in order to achieve the ideal end. Now looking at a modern example of art in this case graffiti we see that the concept of maintaining a form is still there however this type of art does not necessarily follow a specific format like Plato believed. Graffiti captures meaning and
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------------------------------------------------- Graffiti in the United States‚ is writing or drawings scribbled‚ scratched‚ or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.[1] Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti‚ consisting of the defacement of public spaces and buildings‚ remains a nuisance issue for cities. It also has had an international influence especially from the examples in the New York City Subway and the Chicana/Chicanoexperience
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over there could be Banksy! Who the heck is Banksy? When thinking of graffiti do you think of it in the sense of real art? Do you see it making a statement? Do you see the artwork as a lasting piece of art like the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci or do you see it like a scribble on paper ready to be disposed of? Is it terrorism on walls worthy of the graffiti police and the grey paint they use to paint over any and all graffiti they find? What do you honestly think? Did you know that Last Supper
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history of the underground art movement known by many names‚ most commonly graffiti begins in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania during the mid to late 60’s‚ and started with bombing. The writers who are credited with the first effort are CORNBREAD and COOL EARL. They wrote their names all over the city gaining attention from the community and the local press. Then the movement made way to New York City where the teenagers would write graffiti on the subways. It is unclear whether this concept made way to New York
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knows much about him. All we know is his real name might be Robert Banks or Robin Gunningham and he was born in Bristol‚ but what we do know Banksy is an anonymous England based graffiti artist‚ film director and painter. He is known for his sarcastic street art and subversive fun combine cheekiness with dark humor with graffiti done in a distinctive stenciling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets‚ walls‚ and bridges of cities throughout the
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born in Bristol. Some sources say the well known but anonymous graffiti artist was expelled from school and some says he left school at 16 .Some even say he was trained to be a butcher but they are all rumours. What makes him really unique is as Brad Pitt says "He does all this and he stays anonymous. I think that’s great. These days everyone is trying to be famous. But he has anonymity” Banksy’s street graffiti career began aged 14. He started as a free hander but‚ unable to draw
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| |Banksy’s use of “graffiti” materials‚ spray paint and a public wall defines his way of thumbing his nose at government‚ politics‚ | | |and the world in general. I would argue that “graffiti” or street art is a cause of disagreement among the public. As I see it‚ | | |many graffiti artists are talented and clever‚ but so many are considered mere “gang taggers”. The Urban Dictionary coins a tagger | | |as “a mostly derogatory term for an inexperienced graffiti writer; or used as a
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collaborate‚ organize and display a collection of artworks. As art is any expression of human creativity‚ its presence is not strictly to art galleries and is evidently present in the world around us in the forms of photographs‚ the internet or even in graffiti as well as the traditional forms; painting and sculpture. Banksy uses public places as his main form of ‘gallery’ and this makes his artworks easily seen by the public‚ he has also had many exhibitions in galleries of works he has done on canvas
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are reporting that they are being robbed of important personal belongings as laptops‚ iPads‚ mobiles... Vandalism Vandalism in our college is a problem that takes many forms‚ including destroying property‚ setting off fire alarms and writing graffiti on the walls and in the toilets. Many factors‚ such as peer pressure and hostility toward the school‚ contribute to this type of violence‚ and these behaviors are often increased by heavy drinking and drugs taking. It is well known that alcohol/drugs
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