...by saying how graffiti is being used as a commercial tool by advertisers and brands to earn “young and rebellious image” (Fuchs 2008). Fuchs says this is a paradoxical situation because graffiti culture earned its strength and popularity in 1970s to get back the public spaces from advertisers with the slogan “reclaiming the streets.” He says advertisers and brands can’t reach out to young generation with old version of advertisements, like TV ads and radio spots. Fuchs used advertising professional from TBWA agency how this guerilla marketing is so popular and effective because this way can surprise people when they don’t expect advertisements. Rising of guerilla marketing made advertisers and brands to poach...
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...Word Count: 2,259 Graffiti's Helpfulness Throughout history art has always been present. Art has been used to preserve an era, retell stories, to show a culture so anyone could understand it, and graffiti and street art is the modernists way of showing their culture. Graffiti and street art has taken over the streets of cities and towns. In most locations graffiti and street art is considered purely vandalism. These artists are presented with into the shadows to show their pieces of works to society. Graffiti and street art has evolved from simply putting a made up name on the wall to drawing attention to societal issues. The streets are the ideal location for controversial art pieces because every commoner with see those art works. Graffiti and street art has opened a new door of possibilities allowing people to freely speak of controversial issues within their suburb, town, or large city. These art medians have enable artists for an urban age of liberation. In Elizabeth L. Rauh's essay “Thirty Years Later: Iranian Visual Culture from the 1979 Revolution to the 2009 Presidential Protests”, Rauh examines the posters, photographs, slogans, graffiti, and other visual and artistic activities to show how the Green Movement used street art and graffiti to visually illustrate issues about the government anonymously. Rauh says that the specific images that were used in these revolutions have appeared within Iranian history before. They were recognizable throughout the whole community...
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...As an art form, graffiti has always been seen as a more obscure, grimier medium, and it has been long argued whether it should be classified as art or not. In Craig Castleman’s piece “The Politics of Graffiti” he quotes a mayoral aide who assisted in the flagship anti-graffiti programs in New York having said: “The public is frightened and disgusted by graffiti and they want us to do something about it. We’re going to do whatever is necessary to wipe it out” (28). Even was graffiti was first popularized about four decades ago, there has always been a polarized view of graffiti. As Castleman touched upon, graffiti has a history of being seen as form of vandalism that makes cities appear dirtier and in turn deserves to be punished by law. For...
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...Graffiti has a long and very interesting history. If it would be defined as writing on the wall then it can go back into ancient times. If to speak about the drawn images than it can go back into New York City and it appearing in 1960s. Subculture of graffiti has existed for several decades and it’s still growing and expanding all over the world. It has a very strong social impact and influence; moreover, the language of graffiti (for the most part it’s a social commentary) is not always hard to understand. And some graffiti works might be very inspirational and shocking in a best way possible. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles presented “Art in the Streets” in 2011. That was the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the history...
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...Sociology 100 Dr. Loyd Ganey July 21st 2013 Graffiti, a deviant behavior? When someone walks down an alley way, under a bridge, or by a railway car what are they most likely to see? Graffiti. Graffiti is the deviant act of vandalism; it appears in many places, and in many forms. The artists that create these sometimes beautiful masterpieces are often overlooked, but their murals live on to be seen and added on to day after day. Most people feel that graffiti on any type of property is vandalism. If someone marks up an object it is distasteful and deviant, but sometimes it can be a work of art that gets overlooked. Janice Rahn, author of Painting without Permission also thought this, until she was given a project with her art students to graffiti garbage cans. After she was given this project Janice saw graffiti as artwork. She even took her friends and family around to sites that she found around her city, including an old set of warehouse businesses that had beautiful murals on them. Graffiti can be seen as an act of vandalism when it is used to deface public property. Many gangs like to mark their territory by putting their signs on things like buildings and street signs. When this is done it is not art it is wrong. People who are trying to make art get scorned because of people like this. When I am running I love to stop and look at what people create under bridges. I also like to see what cool works of art are painted on the sides of railroad cars and try to...
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...Street Art Street art can be found on buildings, sidewalks, street signs and even trashcans from Tokyo to Paris to New York City. This special kind of art can take the form of paintings, sculptures, cloth or even stickers. Its international presence is supported by Web sites, artist communities, books and magazines. Street art has become part of a global visual culture. Now, even art museums and galleries are collecting the work of street artists. It is not easy to provide an exact history of the street art movement. This kind of art has developed in many kinds of ways in places all over the world. Also, street artists usually work secretly because it is illegal to paint public and private property without permission. This secretive nature of street art and its countless forms make it hard to define exactly. And people have different opinions about the movement. Some think street art is a crime and destroys property. But others see this art as a rich form of nontraditional cultural expression. Many experts say the movement began in New York City in the nineteen sixties. Young adults would use paint in special cans to spray their “tag” on walls and train cars around the city. This tag was a name they created to identify themselves and their artwork. This colorful style of writing is also called graffiti. It is visually exciting and energetic. Some graffiti paintings were signs marking the territories of city gangs or illegal crime groups. Graffiti also became a separate...
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...Imagine you are walking down a city street, and the old brick walls are decorated with colorful and unique art work. In some cities, there are laws prohibiting graffiti, while in others, street art has gained worldwide recognition and become a cultural attraction for tourists. In the united States, graffiti should be encouraged in cities, and can be seen as a way to beautify a community and provide a mean for artists to express themselves and take pride in their neighborhood. Some people use the “broken window theory” which claims that graffiti leads to larger issues of crime. However, other studies have shown that graffiti can actually be beneficial to a community. For example, in his book “Graffiti Murals: Exploring the Impacts of Street...
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...When people think and/or hear the word graffiti, they relate it to gangs and vandalism to property. Other people see it has a way to express and communicate with others. Graffiti artist or “writers” as they prefer to be called are passionate, skilled, community- oriented, and socially conscious in ways that profoundly contradict the way they’ve been portrayed as common criminals and vandals. Graffiti has a negative stigma that typically relates to crime. To the artist, they are not committing any crime but to outsiders they are committing illegal acts. Keywords: Graffiti, Banksy, interpretation, crime, vandalism Open interpretation of Banky’s graffiti art When people think and/or hear the word graffiti, they relate it to gangs and vandalism to property. Other people see it has a way to express and communicate with others. People may see graffiti written on walls, buildings, trains, buses, freeway and/or road signs, billboards, and any space an artist wants their work to be seen. With the many surfaces that graffiti will be written on, public or private, it is vandalism and illegal. Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place (Ferrell 2006, pg. 6). Common terms for graffiti are; tagging, pieces, and throw-ups. Graffiti artist or “writers” as they prefer to be called are passionate, skilled, community- oriented, and socially conscious in ways that profoundly contradict the way they’ve been...
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...painter became interested in the Anti-Graffiti Network Program established in Philadelphia, Pa. by the former Mayor Wilson Goode in the 1980s. Ms. Golden was given the task to establish an arts program to help turn young offender’s destructive energies into creative ones. In 1966, the project became the Mural Arts Program and under her direction, over 3,000 interior and exterior murals have been created with collaboration with community based organizations, city agencies, non-profits, schools, private sector and philanthropies. In 2003, Jane Golden received a Visionary Woman Award from Moore College of Art & Design. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Jane Golden as a USA Eisenhower Fellow in 2003. She is an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to her movement to the Philadelphia area, Ms. Golden is a graduate of Stanford University, CA. She moved to Los Angeles, CA. and created a number of murals on the beach areas. She is the co-founder and Director of the Los Angeles Public Art Foundation. She received awards such as the Visionary Woman Award from Moore College of Art & Design. Eisenhower Fellowships selected Jane Golden as a USA Eisenhower Fellow in 2003. Urban graffiti was a major influence in establishing programs such as this that would combat the plague of the phenomenon of its social and cultural being in large cities such as Philadelphia, PA. Graffiti as defined is writing or drawings that...
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...TIBETAN STREET ART This paper will be examining ways ideas of Tibetan Art are being changed through the use of street art/graffiti. To do so it will give a brief overview of: street art/graffiti, Tibetan Art and Western Religious Art, as much of Tibet Art is religious in nature. Using this information it will address the question of the paper and look at any similarities between the ways Tibetans have adopted street art/graffiti and Western street art/graffiti. It will also examine the reactions of the Chinese Communist authorities not only to Tibetan Art and street art/graffiti but Tibetan culture in general. Graffiti is unsolicited markings on public or private property, the word graffiti coming from the Italian graffito, meaning ‘to scratch’. In recent years, the word graffiti has also been used to refer to a particular style of art, painted legally or not. It “…is art removed from art’s own precious arena; it inhabits the everyday world of people…is the art of the general. First and foremost its purpose is to focus the public’s sense of space. It has to be immediate, forceful”[1]. The reasons given for graffiti/street art are diverse. Banksy, probably the most well known graffitist in the world says “Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s (graffiti) actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.”[2] ...
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...wild world. Now, graffiti artists use much the same technique, in the form of aerosol paints, to leave their mark on a world filled with chaos and complexity. Ancient graffiti explored the world in all of it’s intricacies, from the sacred to the profane, the political to the personal, the humorous to the serious, and all the spaces in between. Modern north American graffiti, more often than not, is narcissistic, taking the form of painting a stylized pseudonym in many highly visible, public locations, or signed street-art, which can lead to lucrative gallery shows or profitable collaborations. Whether the intent is to beautify or annihilate parts of societies shared environment, the end goal is the same, imbuing some personal meaning into an otherwise impersonal world....
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...exhibitions of his art in the abandoned locations, such as, tunnels and warehouses, which he justified by stating: “When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.” Banksy wanted to be available to everyone to the contrary of the traditional artists. As a matter of fact, he gives out...
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...BANKSY STREET ART BY: HANI MUAMMAR SAE Introduction Art is a great way for individuals to express themselves, many artworks can be deemed as controversial especially when artists produce their art in order to express their views, feelings or specific ideas linked to their political, social or economical surroundings. Such art could have significant effects which may influence the people who appreciate its core meaning and could link it to the status quo in any named community. Certain techniques, styles and structures are implemented by many famous artists in order to construct this art into a form that typifies them as artists and gives them their unique signature. (heghine666 2011) One specific artist has been largely famous for his controversial and unique forms of art, he is known by the alias “Banksy” who uses graffiti street art as a structure for his unique form of art. Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist in the world. Some pieces of his urban graffiti art, with its distinctive stencil style, have been sold at auctions for remarkable amounts of money, but most importantly, he has inspired many people around the world for having pieces which touches upon sensitive and core social, political and economic situations in life that many people can easily relate to. His name, style, and brand of urban anti-war, anti-establishment, and rebellious art have earned him a place in the hearts of many who appreciates it. The two primary reasons that Banksy's...
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...In this particular instance, they serve as a critical part of identity formation for Muslims in Chicago. Takin’ It To The Streets acts as a space for freedom of expression in a society that often attempts to suppress the Muslim voice, ignore it completely or just focuses on negative stereotypes and assumptions that are perpetuated in the media. Takin’ It To The Streets is a place where Muslims can assert their collective identity in a space that celebrates their traditions, cultures and heritage. Festivals act as a space where music is used to overcome boundaries. The very act of gathering for a festival is crucial in fostering a sense of belonging, an essential human desire. Music acts as a common thread that isolates an audience in a place in time and space, as one event that engages people with different social and political ideologies together. Festivals such as this one also allow for intergenerational connections, between speakers, musicians and younger people who are inspired to pursue careers in the arts or activism. Takin’ It To The Streets has attendees from down the street to as far as Morocco, so it truly does make an impact on both national and international levels. Festivals create specific performance opportunities, creating a unique experience for those who attend. The relatively free flowing nature...
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...the neighborhood for around 6 years. His first term in 2013 and later was reelected in 2017. Price serves the community om homeless and poverty, immigrant affairs, equity, parks, and civil rights. On top of this, Central Alameda Neighborhood Council has a total of 7 board members. Social Issue One of the social issues in the neighborhood is identities in public space. As Alan Harding and Talja Bloland (2015) pointed out public space is produced as a system of meaning that brings power and hierarchy. Diversity and life styles connects to public space in communities, or in this case a neighborhood. When we focus on gender, race, age, income it portrays public space. Not only do these factor impact public space, but the most impact comes from culture. Theoretical Frame: Identities in Public...
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