Bubble Graffiti Letter Tagging

Graffiti - Bubble Graffiti Letter Tagging

It doesn't matter where you live in the world, chances are you've seen graffiti somewhere around your local community. It seems to spring up in every culture, although it tends to be more prevalent in big cities.

But is it vandalism? Or is it art? That's a difficult question to answer, mainly because there are so many different types and styles of graffiti. The most basic form of graffiti is "tagging" - which is usually a simple graphic, usually letters, perhaps a play on the creator's initials or nicknames. Often small and monochrome, it's probably one of the most annoying and frustrating types of graffiti, because it is small enough to deface almost any surface, and is almost universally condemned as having no artistic merit.

Graffiti, however, isn't restricted to tagging. On larger surfaces, many graffiti artists employ multiple colors and intricate designs to create their pictures. This is the type of graffiti that starts to cross the line into being artistic. It's this type of graffiti art that is now being showcased in a number of art galleries, both in the USA and around the world.

The other problem with graffiti as art is that the issue is clouded by the location of the art. If some of these stunning designs were created on a canvas, or a wall specially set aside for the purpose, then it would be easier to recognize them as art. Unfortunately most graffiti is placed on private property, without the owner's consent, and so is less likely to be viewed as a welcome addition.

Around the world, communities and governments have become more vigilant in their attempts to reduce the amount of graffiti. In many places there are community groups or government funded teams who guarantee to clean up graffiti in 24 hours after it's reported. Trains in New York were given new coatings that allowed paint to just be "dissolved" off their surfaces.

In my own local area, the sale of spray paint to persons under 18 is illegal, and all spray paints are kept in locked display cupboards. Another area has a team of painters who regularly go around and repaint any fences that have been covered in graffiti. One homeowner I know has had his fence repainted 7 times so far! Over time, however, the amount of graffiti reappearing is reducing, which is a victory for the opponents of graffiti.

Still, simply removing the problem may in fact be a loss to the artistic community in general. If graffiti is considered in its most highly refined form, then are we in fact stopping artistic development in its tracks by making it impossible for budding graffiti artists to practice their craft?

When you illegally deface someone else's property, no matter how beautiful the art you create, you have still committed a crime. Maybe what we need to do is find ways that graffiti artists can learn and practice their craft, without needing to deface hundreds of properties in the process. Some communities now provide blank spaces and invite local graffiti artists to paint them. Others have graffiti walls, where anyone can paint whatever they want.

Maybe there needs to be a shift in the thinking of graffiti artists, so they can discover the value of painting on paper, rather than walls. Would the great painters of the past still be as famous today if they had painted on walls, rather than on canvas? The problem is complex, so finding a solution that makes everyone happy is unlikely to be simple.

1. Sitemap of www.greek-alphabet.biz
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2. It Shines For All
... night during the routine tagging procedure and biologists ... received not so much as a letter or telephone call asking me ... such as the NYPD's anti-graffiti campaign, which led to 90 ...
http://www.shinesforall.c ...s/new_york/index.html

3. Yardwear Blog - March, 2006
... does need a bit of knitwear tagging. Geek Shit posted on 03/02 ... Following classic hip-hop graffiti ideology, his individual ... in TiltÄôs case a bubble letter Äúthrow-upÄù. ÄúThrow ...
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5. 2004 Archived Stories
... temporary end to student graffiti, advertising on campus ... based on his book, "The Bubble of America Supremacy ... in the News: Feb. 16, 2004 Tagging Shows Migration Paths of ...
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2004/

6. Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Graffiti
... highly stylized letter-forms drawn with ... generally accept tagging as gang-motivated or ... styles and aspects of graffiti: tag - a stylized ... silver). Easy-to-paint bubble-shapes often form the ...
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Graffiti

7. Shadow Plan: A Beginner's Guide
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http://www.codejedi.com/s ...410/UserGuide410.html

8. Tom Watson: May 2006
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http://www.tomwatson.type ...on/2006/05/index.html

9. Burners
... 197 1971:By 1970; "taggingî, or "hitting" as it was ... started the first real Graffiti crew: the ìEX VANDALSî. The ... a rough version of the bubble letter ñ a.k.a. "SOFTIES". As ...
http://www.subwayoutlaws.com/History/History.htm

10. Graffiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... had begun to increase letter size and line ... paint or marker. "Tagging" is often the example ... when opponents of graffiti refer to vandalism ... letters called "bubble letters". A more ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti

11. View From a Height
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http://www.jsharf.com/view/general/

12. newtimesbpb.com | News | Not Normel
... at-large tagger whose bubble-lettered shoutouts to ... hues. As in the graffiti bomber who drove ... old would display." A letter from 19-year-old ... out what it called a "tagging crew." Within days ...
http://www.newtimesbrowar ...-15/news/feature.html

13. Kultureflash ::: Artworker of the Week ::: Neck Face
... about where I am when I'm tagging. People will tell me they've ... Twist was one of the first graffiti writers I knew about going ... interest in '80s style bubble letter typography. Why do you ...
http://www.kultureflash.n ...hive/127/priview.html

14. Zulu Nation Japan
... style derived from the bubble letter. The throw up ... Fill in). Mostly two letter throw up names began ... certain subway lines graffiti removal ... many writers were tagging with markers on the ...
http://www.zulunationjapan.com/about.php?i=14