GRAFFITI.
ART OR
VANDALISM
PRESENTATION BY GRECU ALEXANDRA-
MARIA
WHAT IS GRAFFITI?
Graffiti is a form of art that involves creating images, lettering, or designs using various
materials, such as spray paints, markers, or stencils, on public or private surfaces. Graffiti
artists often use walls, buildings, bridges, train cars, and other large and visible surfaces as
their canvases. Graffiti may be appreciated by some as a form of self-expression or political
activism, while others view it as vandalism and an illegal activity.
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NOT EVERYONE
VIEWS GRAFFITI THE
SAME
The supporting party of graffiti
believes that it is an art form that allows
individuals to express themselves and
convey political or social messages to the
public. They argue that it adds character
and vibrancy to urban landscapes and can
even deter crime by making areas appear
more active and monitored.
On the other hand, the opposing party
views graffiti as vandalism and a form of
criminal activity. They believe it detracts
from the appearance of buildings, can be
costly to remove, and sends a negative
message about the community. They
advocate for harsher punishment for
those caught in the act of graffitiing.
MOST POPULAR GRAFFITI STYLES
TAG WILDSTYLE BUBBLE STENCIL
Known as “tagging,” which Wildstyle is a complicated Bubble graffiti lettering is Stencil graffiti is a form of
involves the repeated use and intricate form of a graffiti tag style or a graffiti that makes use of
of a single symbol or graffiti. Due to its style of graffiti with stencils made out of
series of symbols to mark complexity, it is often very rounded lettering, which paper, cardboard, or other
territory. In order to attract hard to read by people gives the letters a bubble- media to create an image
the most attention who are not familiar with like quality. This makes the or text that is easily
possible, this type of it. Usually, this form of letters look very playful as reproducible. The desired
graffiti usually appeared in graffiti incorporates the round quality is less design is cut out of the
strategically or centrally interwoven and geometric and rigid. selected medium and then
located neighborhoods. overlapping letters and Bubble graffiti letters stick the image is transferred to
shapes. It may include out from other graffiti- a surface through the use
arrows, spikes, and other style letters and are a of spray paint or roll-on
decorative elements great way to soften a hand paint.
TAG
GRAFFITI
IN REAL
LIFE
WILDSTYLE
GRAFFITI
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LIFE
BUBBLE
GRAFFITI
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LIFE
STENCIL
GRAFFITI
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LIFE
MOST FAMOUS
GRAFFITI ART PIECE
Girl with Balloon is a series of
stencil murals around London by
the graffiti artist Banksy, started in
2002. They depict a young girl with
her hand extended toward a red
heart-shaped balloon carried away
by the wind. The locations for this
work include street murals in
Shoreditch and the South bank in
London on the Waterloo Bridge.
Other murals like these were
around London, though none
remained there.
COMMON THINGS WE HEAR ABOUT GRAFFITI
POSITIVE NEGATIVE
• The ability to produce complicated • Many people do not like them
pieces is what separates the because they make places look
tagger from the graffiti artist; dirty, abandoned and unsafe.
graffitist for short. Taggers scribble
and graffitists do art. The • Graffiti aren’t in museums or art
completion of a piece involves a galleries that’s why they aren’t art.
great deal of imagination, • Local governments spend a big
planning, and effort. amount of money in removing
• Street art beautifies the graffiti from towns and cities.
community by appearing on areas There are organizations against
that normally would be eyesores. them and following every step
they take.
Whether you have walked past it
multiple times and disregarded graffiti
or whether its appearance annoys
you, you may at least admire the
talent of the artist that created it.
Regardless, graffiti has no doubt
become a frequent visual experience
and holds an important place in
culture and now provides a vital decor
element beyond vandalism or
rebellion.
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THANK
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