Banksy is a graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter based in England. His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humor with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique. Such artisitc works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities
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Damien Hirst faces eight new claims of plagiarism List includes In the Name of the Father, Pharmacy, as well as the spin and spot paintings From formaldehyde-immersed sharks to diamond-encrusted skulls, Damien Hirst has become used to taking flak from traditionalists. Dalya Alberge The Guardian, Thursday 2 September 2010 13.40
This video is just a bunch of clips edited together to create a trippy video, but it shows how fast graffiti can go up and how it is always done by hoodlums. Does that make it crime just because that certain profile is doing the “art”?I always wondered if they
Many people believe that graffiti is a crime but always seem to miss the beauty and messages that come with it. A lot of graffiti is created by someone with a artistic mind that can only fit their thoughts on a huge wall like this picture. this is located on
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.”
In this short clip, it shows how many others see graffiti as an art form. But others, such as business owners are furious and call graffiti a crime. The art form that takes to make graffiti an “art” takes much effort and skills in formulating such design and image. I
There are many differing views on the subject of animal hunting, with hunters seeing it as a form of art and PETA protestors perceiving it as barbaric. Those who are for hunting, say that it is a form of art because of the skills and techniques that it requires hunters
Art can be interpreted by different people in different ways. Art can even be used in different ways than the artist originally intended. The way a person views art will depend on their religion, race, history, and age. Muslims may look at a picture of The Bible in a toilet
Graffiti to many people is seen as an art and not as a crime. The one common objection is that graffiti is not art because it is vandalism and hence a criminal act. However, imagine music being played loudly and receiving a noise violation for disturbing the peace, a criminal
San Diego’s East Village used to be a place of prostitution, transients, drug dealing, and gang activity in the 1980’s and 1990’s. The unpainted electrical and utility boxes served as the marking points used to conduct illegal transactions and were the reference points of criminal activity. The painted electrical and