Graffitti Art

Art that refused to be acknowledged

* Graffiti appeared already in the ancient times. In cities like Pompeii or Kairo it was commom to write some political or personal opinion. (extract 1)

* The word means drawings, markings, patterns, scribbles or messages that are painted, written or carved on a wall or surface. Even the ancient cave-paintings can be described as graffities.

* Modern graffiti art originated in New York City in the 1960s.(extract 2)

* 'New York Style' as it was called in that time, appaered in writings made with markers by teens on the subway cars. These writings called tags were seen everywhere.

* There are many types of the graffities but not all of them can be described as art. For example, tag can be identified as an old statement just like ' I was here' , that shows that the writer is active and continuing to rock. (extract 3)

* After the spraypaint had been discovered, it separeted the taggers from the real artists.Tag became a part of an overall artistic production.

* Undoubtably, writers wanted to be known, that is why we can see so many tags and different names on the streets in different forms.(extract 4)

* As the grafiiti developed, writers started to paint not only walls but trains, buses and tubes. There was a competition between the best writers. Usually those writers who had the most paintigs called themselves 'Kings' or 'Queens'. The style, skill and the talent were the most dominant factors. Basically till the present days these are the key factors in graffiti.

* The unskilled and amatour writers without talent or style called 'toys'.

* It is very difficult to explain who and why people decide to get involved into the graffiti art. Just like in every other form of art, artists just come from nowhere.

* Kevin Hickey, police officer of the New York Transit Police Department was asked 'What sorts of kids write graffiti?'He replied 'The type of kids that live in New York City'

* There is no general classification of the writers. They can be from 12-30 years old and from both gender.

* In the beginning writers used to create art alone but as the technology developed and as graffiti is illegal they had to orgonized themselfes in smaller or bigger crews because painting became more and more difficult and risky.(extract 6)

* Graffiti is associated with Hip-Hop culture. This culture contains elements such as breakdance, MC, DJ and graffiti. (extract 5)

* In complex graffiti art is a combined activity where the artist uses his or her imagination, talent, execution

to create a unique artwork.(extract 7)

* On of the reason why graffiti art is art, that with this artwork the artist can communicate with others, shows or shares feelings or experiences.

* Lot of people call graffiti vandalism crime or destruction but from this aspect it can be seen as a unique, modern art.(extract 8)

* Graffiti is also criticized

for beeing too hard to understand, but certainly this cannot keep graffiti art from beeing art.

* Just because it is not in the museum or gallery it shouldn't be defined as vandalism or other negative definitions. It can be easyly called as street art or public art.(extract 9)

* There are many graffiti artists were recognised by other famous artists for examle Jean Paul Basquiat who was took up by Andy Warhol or one of the most famous graffiti artist of the 1990s, Barry McGee aka 'Twist' was commissioned

to do graffiti art for