When choosing a bathroom stall, maybe I’m the only one but I definitely prefer a stall covered in marker. Tagging gives bathroom artwork a bad rep as “graffiti”. The beauty of the bathroom stall is that no individual artist gets credit for their own work. Instead, it all adds up
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According to an article published in April, 2013 in The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper, Canadians have found a new way to approach graffiti in their major cities such as Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary. Graffiti became a problem in these cities because artists were illegally painting on buildings,
IM SORRY I KNOW GRAFFITI IS GETTING SO OLD but my boyfriend literally JUST put this on my Facebook wall and it takes it to whole other level. This piece, done by a artist under the pseudonym Blu, is titled “BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on
Groups, including American diplomats, have begun to attempt to eliminate a recent wave of graffiti in ancient Rome. Many Romans are appreciative of groups’ efforts to clean up Rome. However, not every Roman looks down on the graffiti. Some Romans see graffiti as a last attempt to keep tourists from
Graffiti is writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. If done without permission from the property owner, it is considered defacement and vandalism. Graffiti may express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of
This is a mural by Brazilian graffiti duo Os Gêmeos, commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. There has been controversy behind this art piece that wasn’t made to be controversial. According to Fox News, they found people that thought of this mural to be representative of a
In 1970 a graffiti culture emerged in New York. Less than a decade later the cultural practice had become an urban fixture, public scourge, and (not least) a full-blown art movement which in its stylistic innovation rivaled anything in modern art history. The rapid evolution of graffiti art followed from
In this video, it shows that graffiti is an art form. To some, it is believed that graffiti is a creative work of art that are used to express emotion, tell a show, and show the heart and soul of the city, like described in the clip. The artist tag
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
What is the difference between graffiti and sidewalk art? Why do people normally see graffiti as a crime and sidewalk art as art? Both are done, completed, and showcased in public. Some artists have permits or permission and others do not. They both require immense amounts of time. Like most