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Graffiti - Tagging Graffiti Alphabets
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. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
... police radio code. Stylized alphabets include bubble letters ... Tagbangers, a derivative of tagging crews and gangs, are ... tags are features of their graffiti. The single-line writing of ...
http://www.popcenter.org/ .../problem-graffiti.htm |
2. Articles - Graffiti
... to typical modern graffiti, alphabets and quotations from famous ... by the advent of airplane graffiti, including the nose art made ... 20th century, non-gang-related tagging became more common, practised ...
http://www.mildhome.com/articles/Graffiti |
3. Graffiti
... up today for FREE! Graffiti Directory Graffiti Alphabets How To Draw Graffiti Graffiti Letters ... ... Do Graffiti Mac Graffiti Download Graffiti Graffiti Tagging Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Graffito ...
http://www.gouzou.com/en/d/34791-Graffiti.html |
4. Production First Software Encyclopedia of Typography and Electronic Communic...
... and Mkhedruli for descriptions of Georgian alphabets. Geometric See sans serif. GhostScript A ... ... form of the 20th century. Graffiti is not to be confused with ´ tagging, ª which is not artistic in ...
http://ourworld.compuserv ...epages/profirst/g.htm |
5. aviation alphabet
... Resources Alphabet In Graffiti Form Caligraphy Alphabet ... Alphabet Sign Language Alphabets Caligraphy Medieval Alphabet ... English Animations Alphabet Tagging Alphabet Alphabet Hebrew ...
http://www.greek-alphabet ...viation-alphabet.html |
6. Tom Kelly - May 2006
... a compass and an eye for a storm. Exploding Alphabets is going on a journey; lace up your poetry ... ... Artform Focus: Visual Arts - Mural/Graffiti GROUP 5: Fairbridge, Disadvantaged Young ...
http://www.neukol.org.uk/ ...php/tomkelly/2006/05/ |
7. Syntactic Theory of Visual Communication
... Termed vandalism, graffiti or tagging depending on the speaker ... form of communication. Graffiti messages may mean the mark ... for visuals with well-defined alphabets. French semiotician ...
http://commfaculty.fuller ...ngs/viscomtheory.html |
8. JDC-Concrete: A definition of Terms
... sign indicating pronunciation (in Latin alphabets, a vowel or consonnant). Pictograph symbol ... ... Tag, taggers, tagging ideogramatic and alphabetic system used in graffiti, particularly used ...
http://jdc-concrete.com/TERMS.HTM |
9. All ROmanian Crews :: Feed-uri RSS din Romania
... Crew2. B-Unit3. MISFIXD > Tagging - CUVANT: Alpha1. FUM Crew2 ... numi cel mai mare concurs de graffiti din Romania pana la ora ... concurentilor tema (Romanian Alphabets) pe care o au de abordat in ...
http://rss.mioritics.ro/index.php?feed=2950 |
10. Hip-Hop
... to typical modern graffiti, alphabets and quotations from famous ... by the advent of airplane graffiti , including the nose art ... 20th century, non-gang-related tagging became more common, practised ...
http://www.detourproduction.com/index.php?pid=31 |
11. All ROmanian Crews - Graffiti Site
... Painting - TOPIC: Romanian Alphabets 1. Romanian Delicious 2 ... 2. B-Unit 3. MISFIX D > Tagging - CUVANT: Alpha 1. FUM Crew 2 ... oara in Romania un concurs de graffiti cu tot ce ii trebuie: pereti ...
http://www.romaniangraffiti.ro/ |
12. alphabet in graffiti tag letters rare sites
... to subtle subdued text. Graffiti tag letter alphabets add spice to the boring font choices of the ... ... fatcru.com FatCruDotCom. Graffiti From The West Of Lithuania. Bombing, tagging, legal walls, sketches ...
http://www.graffiteeze.com/ |
13. Graffiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... to typical modern graffiti, alphabets and quotations from famous ... 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 |
14. http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles/164273.txt
... Art -- Gang Graffiti o Reading Graffiti -- Alphabets -- Signs and Symbols -- Ethnic Graffiti o ... ... youth banded together to create graffiti. The main reason for tagging, which is a form of vandalism ...
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15. Sitemap of www.greek-alphabet.biz
... alphabet discovered versus tagging alphabet doubled upon ... free machine embroidery alphabets sent according to nautical ... recast regardless of alphabet graffiti letters fought instead of ...
http://greek-alphabet.biz/sitemap.html |
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