When many people envision an urban landscape they see opportunity, adventure and excitement. Street artists on the other hand see a blank canvas in which they can visually express their individual ideals. Although critics view the median of this art form illegal and consider it as vandalism or graffiti, can
Exit Through the Gift Shop is a 2010 documentary that explores the inside story of street art. A French shop keeper turned hopeful film-maker ventures out to capture some of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists in action. His main goal is to find Banksy (an alias name), an artist
Often our society views hip-hop as a negative form of art and can lead to crime just by listening to it. In the song “Criminal” by Eminem, he talks about how society and the media portrays him as a criminal just because he has edgy and controversial lyrics in his
Exploitation of crime for our entertainment is a now an everyday phenomenon in our society. We throughly enjoy watching people commit crime as long as its at their own expense. It’s exciting, fun and amusing. Although the public disapproves of crime mass media constantly glorifies the criminal actions. For example
In the 1968 movie Bullet, Steve McQueen plays a police detective working on solving a case. In the movie is this epic car chase. This car chase has been known as the best car chase scene in any movie ever, and it is still consistently voted in the top. The
Banksy art is very symbolic. It is making a statement in a very creative way but it is seen as graffiti. In this site there are many different works that Banksy did but I’m going to focus on the one with the man cancelling where it says, “Follow your dreams.”
The song “Two Black Cadillacs” by Carrie Underwood is a wonderful depiction of bringing art and crime together. When I first heard the song, I loved it, I love her voice on the track, the instruments, and all the different notes she hits. After listening to it a few times
Corridos are a genre of Mexican music, they are usually upbeat and involve the accordion, several types of guitar, bass, and the “tarola” (snare drum). They have been one of the primary ways Mexico has related its story, people know more about Mexico’s history from “corridos” than from books. There
Chicano Park, located in Barrio Logan, San Diego is a perfect example of the intersectionality of art and crime. When Chicano Park was created, it was created out of resistance and struggle. The city of San Diego had been promising the Barrio Logan community a park for several years so
In the movies of the Fast and Furious, it is mainly about people driving their cars fast. And by fast, I mean illegally speeding type of fast! These movies are an example of underground entertainment that is highly dangerous, very illegal, and hugely glamorized. In Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift,