What started as a politically active group of college students in 1969 became a terroristic group intent on carrying out bombings in the U.S. through the 1970’s. In an act of protest against the United States government for its actions in the Vietnam War, a group was created known as
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Its often said that graffiti is a form of drawing and writing done on a surface for public view. For others is a form of art, which is expressive through a skill that needs to be appreciated for its beauty, but for someone like Heather Mac Donald is not. For
Banksy is an elusive street artist that has had his artwork painted all over the world. Fans of his are upset because his latest art work was covered in paint just after three days. He is known to be an anonymous English-based street graffiti artist and a political artist as
America’s most famous contemporary steet artist and the creator of the Hope poster that helped elect Obama had a nasty run-in with the Boston police who refused to see his art as. Well, as art. Instead they prosecuted him for damaging property, resulting in a court case and a probationary
Woodstock’s Pizza on College Blvd has been the college town pizza place for San Diego State students for decades. My high school vice principal, who is an SDSU alum told me about Woodstock’s three years ago, before I had even committed to the University yet. He told me that it
Slab City, “the last free place in America”, a city without law regulation, no policemen, and no judiciary court to stop you from what we (people who live in the safe county of San Diego) deem criminal. It’s a place you can live how you want, when you want it,
Who would have thought that the Little Mermaid would amass such great controversy in the country of Denmark? The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, was commissioned by Carl Jacobsen of Carlsberg beer as a gift to the city. Based on the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale “The Little
Do peace walls create a tranquil environment or a cordial divide? The ideas of creating a physical divide between those with contrasting beliefs for “peace” is anti-progressive. The first peace walls in Belfast, Ireland were built out of barricades that the local communities erected during the periods of intense rioting
In 2011, after Easter weekend, a mosaic mural appeared unannounced under a bridge in Encinitas, California, a beach town about 30 minutes north of San Diego. The 12-foot tall mosaic depicted the Virgen de Guadalupe, the Virgin Mary who was believed to have appeared before an Indian peasant named Juan
Graffiti is defined as writing or drawings that have been scribbled, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public area. Graffiti is considered a form of vandalism leading to criminal behavior. One such group utilized graffiti in Australia, is “BUGAUP.” BUGAUP began in response to tobacco