Over the past few months America has had to deal with one of the biggest election surely can describe its aftermath. People, especially in Ann Arbor, were stunned with the results of this election. The resulting graffiti is in response Read More …
While graffiti has never been known to be as commercial as other forms of art, there are some individuals who have certainly been more successful than others with regards to making a career out of street art. Banksy, Keith Haring, Read More …
Blu (Italy) and Os Gêmeos (Brazil)Lisbon, 2010 Keith Haring. Houston St. and Bowery St., NYC. 1982 VHILS aka Alexandre Farto. Leake St, Cans Festival – London, 2008 Joe. Amsterdam (Street name unknown). 2011 Pone. Amsterdam (Specific Location Read More …
I feel that it is safe to say that when walking down the street one does not expect to see Jack Nicholson’s character from The Shining peering out at them from behind a broken door, or Mario from the beloved Read More …
Ryan Goniwiecha Professor Leontis CLCIV 121 19 December 2016 A Look Into the Ins and Outs of Gang Graffiti Street gang related graffiti is a phenomenon often overlooked and understudied, amongst the various types and occurrences of graffiti. People tend Read More …
Many people know or have heard about the complicated and hot topic of graffiti art. Most seem to know a side of graffiti that only concerns its legality and the issues that arise due to its contestatory nature. There are Read More …
Graffiti is defined; As Vandalism: When graffiti first starting appearing in the 1970’s in New York on walls with scribbling’s like the famous “Taki 183” and then started expanding as a movement to include other mediums like spray Read More …
Graffiti is such a diverse topic, not conforming to a specific type or style of art. Each artist as their own style they typically stay true to, for example Banksy usually uses stencils for his artwork while others do freehand Read More …
With origins dating back thousands of years to simple cave paintings, graffiti by definition as “writings or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often within public view”(Oxford Press, 2016), can be Read More …
Every since i was a kid, i had dreamed of a world full of monsters and magical beasts. Well as I grow up, I was convinced, not by others, but by myself that the day would never came, until Read More …