[Tigersmoon Central] Graffiti?
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Mar 19, 2009, 9:25:38 AM3/19/09
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What is Graffiti?
This is a question that has come to my attention a great deal in my life at the moment. Purhaps the reason that it always sticks with me is because like so many other things that I obsess over it is a tow headed beast. The two different faces each have a purpose, yet over all socity still thinks of it as one oversimplified problem.
In Webster’s it is a simple deffinition,
2graffiti Function: noun Etymology: Italian, plural of graffito Date: 1945
: usu. unauthorized writing or drawing on a public surface.
This often brings with it the condentaiton of distruction or gang like usage.
Though there is a whole different life to graffiti.
. Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is sometimes regarded as a form of art and other times regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted.
Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples going back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire[1] and may range from simple scratch marks to elaborate wall paintings. In modern times, spray paint and markers have become the most commonly used materials. In most countries, defacing property with graffiti without the property owner's consent is considered vandalism, which is punishable by law. Sometimes graffiti is employed to communicate social and political messages. To some, it is an art form worthy of display in galleries and exhibitions; to others it is merely vandalism. There are many different types and styles of graffiti and it is a rapidly evolving artform whose value is highly contested, being reviled by many authorities while also subject to protection, sometimes within the same jurisdiction.
I have even seen a new branch starting to appear for 3D Graffiti. While my own art has yet to make it’s way to anything that could fall into this medium (and I do me yet). I have found a number of people’s art that have started to bring these changes to light for all to see.
The artist that I have posted this month is one such, Christiane White. She is a Fibers artist that works in many ways, though the one piece that I am most interested in is her Yarn Bomb.
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Posted By tigersmoon to Tigersmoon Central at 3/19/2009 06:22:00 AM
This is a question that has come to my attention a great deal in my life at the moment. Purhaps the reason that it always sticks with me is because like so many other things that I obsess over it is a tow headed beast. The two different faces each have a purpose, yet over all socity still thinks of it as one oversimplified problem.
In Webster’s it is a simple deffinition,
2graffiti Function: noun Etymology: Italian, plural of graffito Date: 1945
: usu. unauthorized writing or drawing on a public surface.
This often brings with it the condentaiton of distruction or gang like usage.
Though there is a whole different life to graffiti.
. Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is sometimes regarded as a form of art and other times regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted.
Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples going back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire[1] and may range from simple scratch marks to elaborate wall paintings. In modern times, spray paint and markers have become the most commonly used materials. In most countries, defacing property with graffiti without the property owner's consent is considered vandalism, which is punishable by law. Sometimes graffiti is employed to communicate social and political messages. To some, it is an art form worthy of display in galleries and exhibitions; to others it is merely vandalism. There are many different types and styles of graffiti and it is a rapidly evolving artform whose value is highly contested, being reviled by many authorities while also subject to protection, sometimes within the same jurisdiction.
I have even seen a new branch starting to appear for 3D Graffiti. While my own art has yet to make it’s way to anything that could fall into this medium (and I do me yet). I have found a number of people’s art that have started to bring these changes to light for all to see.
The artist that I have posted this month is one such, Christiane White. She is a Fibers artist that works in many ways, though the one piece that I am most interested in is her Yarn Bomb.
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Posted By tigersmoon to Tigersmoon Central at 3/19/2009 06:22:00 AM
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