Graffiti

Ms. Kolendowicz

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C - 7

Using the paper in the center of your table, discuss and create a thinking map with your peers….

Graffiti?

Materials? Why do people make it?

Why is it usually illegal?

Locations?

What is

What is graffiti?

Graffiti

• Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.

• Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings

• The most commonly used materials are spray paint and marker pens

What is a “tag”?

What is a “tag”?

• A “tag” is the basic writing of an artist’s name.

• It simply is a stamp. A graffiti writer’s tag is his/her personalized signature.

Graffiti:

Illegal vs. Legal

Why is graffiti usually illegal?

Why is graffiti usually illegal?

• People who create graffiti are destroying property values. Marking/painting property without the owner’s consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime (fine, community service, and/or jail time)

• The cost of property damages determines whether he/she is charged with a misdemeanor or felony.

Why is graffiti usually illegal?

• Penalty depends on the dollar amount of damage done:

• Misdemeanor: amount of damage under $400 & up to a year in jail and/or fine up to $1,000

• Felony: damage is more than $400 & up to one year in jail and/or fine up to $10,000

• The vandal must pay the victim the full cost of repairs and may be ordered to clean up the graffiti and keep the area clean for up to a year

• Each case is approached differently depending on the damage, if graffiti is gang-related or threatening, defendant’s background and likelihood of re-offending

Legal Graffiti

• Graffiti can be deemed legal if you are hired for a specific job

(example → to paint a design on a

storefront, or for advertising purposes)

Artists associated with Graffiti art

• Banksy

• Keith Haring

• Shepard Fairey

Banksy

Banksy

• Real name is unknown. British artist born

in 1974

• Banksy is known for combining dark humor and graffiti together in a stencil-like technique.

• Banksy’s work emerged from the push of government deeming graffiti vandalism. His work is created on visible public areas.

• Banksy creates street art and mystery video

Banksy’s “Dismaland”

What is Banksy’s Dismaland?

• Created in the seaside resort town of Weston-super-Marein England

• Opened: August 21, 2015 & Closed: September 27, 2015

• Banksy described the “bemusement park” as a "family theme park unsuitable for children

• Banksy created ten new works and funded the construction of the exhibition himself.

• The show featured 58 artists

Keith Haring

Keith Haring

• Brought Pop Art and graffiti to the commercial mainstream• In the early 1980s, Haring noticed the unused advertising

panels covered with black paper in a subway station. He began creating drawings in white chalk on these black panels throughout the subway system. He sometimes created up to forty a day.

• In 1986, Haring opened the Pop Shop, a retail store in Soho, NYC, selling t-shirts, toys, posters, buttons, and magnets bearing his images. This offered everyone access to his work.

• Throughout his career, he devoted much of his time to public works, which often carried social messages

May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey

• American street artist

• Fairey became interested in art in 1984 when he began creating his drawings for skateboards and t-shirts

• He became widely known in 2008 for his Obama “Hope” poster

• In his “Obey the Giant” sticker of Andre the Giant, Fairey wanted to spark curiosity and have people question their surroundings.

• "The sticker has no meaning but exists only to cause people to react, to contemplate and search for meaning in the sticker"

February 15, 1970 -

1-point perspective with letters

1-point perspective with letters