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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Number Date Introduction Historical growth of graffiti traces back to human existence and modernization. Graffiti has been visible from the ancient city of Pompeii which the walls were scrawled with graffiti to the projects in Los Angeles. Modern day graffiti began in the late 70s in New York City (Blanché Ulrich 32). During that era the youths extensively sprayed trains subway cars and walls giving them a rebel status and a voice to convey the social injustices that existed at that time. Graffiti is very controversial and in most cases it is associated with decay of the communities where they are found making it illegal in most cases. However in most cities it is considered legal since it is considered as a form of expression (Blanché Ulrich 32). Graffiti has started to gain recognition worldwide for their true purpose which has always been to "Some people become the police because they want to make the world a better place while some become vandals just to make the world a better-looking place" and people are opening up to this reality by embracing graffiti as art. Work cited Blanché Ulrich. "Street Art and related terms: Discussion and working definition." Street Art & Urban Creativity Scientific Journal. Methodologies for Research 1.1 (2015): 32-39. Iveson Kurt et al. "Reframing Graffiti and Street Art in the City of Sydney: Report of the Mural Street Art and Graffiti Review Project." (2014). Merrill Samuel. "Keeping it real? Subcultural graffiti street art heritage and authenticity." International Journal of Heritage Studies 21.4 (2015): 369-389. Molnár Virág. "Street Art and the Changing Urban Public Sphere." Public Culture 29.2 82 (2017): 385-414. Snyder Gregory J. "Book review: Street Art Public City: Law Crime and the Urban Imagination." Criminology and Criminal Justice 15.2 (2015): 245-246. [...]
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(Thesis Statement) Graffiti should be seen as artistic masterpieces and not as illegal vandalism on the streets. Work done by graffiti and street artists should continue to be showcased in famous museums like the work of any highly well-known artist. (Topic Sentences) The two worlds of graffiti and street art have started to merge as one. Local unknown and unpaid artist have started using graffiti in creative and original ways to uncover meaningful messages about the culture to their communities in visual form. Graffiti is now influencing the art world in many areas like graphic design, photography, advertising, illustration, fine art and also the media. Using sources and images of examples Talking about Banksy and other artists
Subject Area: Arts
Document Type: Research Paper
