Graffiti | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
2024年8月31日 · Graffiti, form of visual communication, usually illegal, involving the unauthorized marking of public space by an individual or group. It can be understood as antisocial behavior or as an expressive art form.
Graffiti - Wikipedia
Graffiti is a way of communicating and a way of expressing onesself. It is both art and a functional thing that can warn people of something or inform people of something. However, graffiti is to some people a form of art, but to some a form of vandalism. [30]
Graffiti Art: Why Graffiti Is Art And Not Vandalism - ARTLIFE
2023年10月3日 · The debate over whether graffiti constitutes art or vandalism is incredibly complex, and depends on many factors, such as the location of a particular piece, and the quality and message of the design.
The writing on the wall: exploring the cultural value of graffiti and ...
2021年9月14日 · Depending on the context, graffiti can either be publicly admired as “street art”—and valued up to millions of dollars—or it can be criminalized at levels ranging up to felony charges and years of jail time.
Street and Graffiti Art Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Although some street artists do create installations or sculpture, they are more widely known for the use of unconventional art mediums such as spray paint, stencils, wheat paste posters, and stickers. Street Art has also been called independent public art, post-graffiti, and guerilla art.
A Conversation About Graffiti — Google Arts & Culture
Okay, so what is graffiti exactly? Just spray paint on the side of a building? That’s what the city dweller might think. But graffiti’s a little of everything – it’s art, advertising, and...
Graffiti art - Tate
Graffiti art as a term refers to images or text painted usually onto buildings, typically using spray paint. Graffiti art has its origins in 1970s New York, when young people began to use spray paint and other materials to create images on buildings and on the sides of subway trains.
Is graffiti art? Or vandalism? - Art Explora Academy
Spray-painted subway cars, tagged bridges, mural-covered walls – graffiti pops up boldly throughout our cities. And it turns out: it’s nothing new. Graffiti has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it’s raised the same questions we debate now: Is it art? Is it vandalism? Kelly Wall describes the history of ...
‘The History of American Graffiti:’ From Subway Car to Gallery
2011年3月31日 · Since its explosion onto city walls and subway cars in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won commercial success for its artists and a regular presence in pop...
Graffiti Artists - The History of Art
2023年10月14日 · When we think about Graffiti art, most will remember images of urban communities with spray painted artworks filling run down sections of a city. In truth, Graffiti art has been around for thousands of years, but is today most closely linked to the work of artists like Banksy, Basquiat and more.