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Graffiti - Graffiti And Tagging Online Pictures
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.
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Some Other Useful Web Resources
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1. Graffiti Art San Francisco on LookSmart San Francisco
... graffiti art includes pictures, its essential ... 39:35 AM San Francisco Tagging Graffiti Art experts ... newsletter covering graffiti, urban art, and ... out our San Francisco online guide with info about ...
http://www.looksmartsanfr ...ee&x=41&y=4&vcat=cat4 |
2. Phoenix Volant: Fun Links
... Still Images Pearl St. Online Gallery Ohio State University at Newark, Art Gallery Art Crimes is a collection of graffiti (especially tagging) from around the world. Pictures... MPEG Movies and Docs ...
http://www.phoenix.volant.org/Lists/Fun.html |
3. Knowing Art by PJ Brunet » Service Provider
... to share your pictures online, but its far too ... engines cannot read pictures! The basic price for ... Library Metadata Tagging Music Privacy Process ... myspace" ( Google ) graffiti myspace layouts ...
http://theme.knowingart.com/service/ |
4. FAZED - Archive Search
... a sneaky appearance online. Link | by: SpunOne ... 27)] FOLLOWUP Tagging With LEDs So you've ... brought to us by the Graffiti Research Lab. Link ... confessed that the pictures of her circulating ...
http://www.fazed.net/archive/?category=30 |
5. Blogos
... anti-language of tagging) since the Internet ... having to name them, graffiti will have to stay on ... will now offer pictures of results ... is the Merriam-Webster online dictionary(for ...
http://www.multilingualbl ...index.php/weblog/C10/ |
6. Graffiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... as vandalism; or to cover pictures or writing placed on ... to combat this artform with graffiti removal programs or transit ... are more complex then simple "tagging", but not as intricate as a ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti |
7. TinkerX » Web 2.0
... are pictures are colors are flowers are close-ups of graffiti. If ... Blogging is the data creation; tagging (of all sorts) is the fixing ... and more of what we do is done online and in shared, network spaces ...
http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/category/web-20/ |
8. New Communications Review » 2005 » June
... at Poynter Institute itÄôs graffiti created in public places ... 24%. -- According to American Online/Opinion Research Corporation ... Del.icio.us. This free social tagging service is an excellent way ...
http://www.newcommblogzine.com/?m=200506 |
9. All ROmanian Crews - Graffiti Site
... 0 Members : 8 Total: 8 Online List [Popup] Romanian ... Added Graffiti Pictures PCR - Crew Published ... 7/3 FanFest Romanian Graffiti News Spotlight ... Unit 3. MISFIX D > Tagging - CUVANT: Alpha 1 ...
http://www.romaniangraffiti.ro/ |
10. Knowing Art by PJ Brunet » Privacy
... you cant get pictures of the people ... check the privacy of online journals, catch ... Library Metadata Tagging Music Privacy Process ... large pic ( Google ) graffiti contact tables ...
http://privacy.knowingart.com/ |
11. Sitemap of www.wall-art-online.com
... fed below rosebar grew via graffiti bore astride discount metal ... apart from wall decor art pictures implimented circa marble ... chambers adjusted throughout tagging leaned throughout wall art ...
http://wall-art-online.com/sitemap.html |
12. networked_performance
... We are taking a lot of pictures of "Image of the city" and ... media and massively multiple online game (MMOG) technologies ... Comments (0) Autotopography: Graffiti, Landscapes & Selves Dee E ...
http://www.turbulence.org ...t_locative_media.html |
13. Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture — www.greenwood.com
... s Magazine Guide Online Crinkles Magazine ... 0313330581 480 pages, pictures Greenwood Press ... DJ, MC, B-boy, graffiti artist) and ... censorship and tagging. MetroLA February 14 ...
http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR3058.aspx |
14. art.blogging.la: July 2004 Archives
... transformed into a graffiti-tagging tool that allows the user to ... waves in the design and graffiti worlds as well as the art ... I started taking loads more pictures when we got our digital ...
http://art.blogging.la/archives/2004/07/ |
15. scot hacker’s foobar blog » Tech
... tossing, live-circuit graffiti, BBQ grill pool ... that rich, chocolatey tagging goodness, but without ... damage, I found that online blockage testing ... 13 nearly identical pictures of your cat onto ...
http://www.birdhouse.org/blog/archives/tech/ |
16. Community Mobilization: January 2006
... and participate in the online discussion of cancer ... fascinated us with pictures beyond our boarders ... start on creating the tagging culture needed to ... terrible spray-paint graffiti on the walls of New ...
http://como.typepad.com/c ...on/2006/01/index.html |
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