Graffiti has existed thousands year. It has changed over time and known as "modern graffiti". Graffiti are images or letters that are drawn in the publicly viewable surfaces such as walls or bridges. For drawing, people use spray paint, markers and so on. Moreover, Graffiti is used as a form of advertising, communicate social and political messages and so on. However, it is not allowed and can be punishable by law in most countries because it is considered vandalism, defaces the public surface.
Is Graffiti Art or Design?
Graffiti is art because it has a long development from thousands year until now. Ancient graffiti referred to figure drawings, inscriptions that engraved in the stone or other materials. Modern graffiti intertwined with Hip-Hop culture. However, with predating hip hop by almost a decade, modern graffiti also has own culture that is unique style and slang. Graffiti is a modern art form. Moreover, Graffiti term is applied in art history to art works. In addition, with expressing about personalization of Graffiti artists by using spray paint or marker and write a Tag that is their name, we can say that Graffiti is art.
These are some example about Graffiti Art:
References:
http://www.graffiti.org/priz_stan/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti
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