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Submitted by mokusone on March 29, 2007
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Art that refused to be acknowledged
Graffiti appeared already in the ancient times. In cities like Pompeii or Kairo it was commom to write some political or personal opinion. (extract 1)
The word means drawings, markings, patterns, scribbles or messages that are painted, written or carved on a wall or surface. Even the ancient cave-paintings can be described as graffities.
Modern graffiti art originated in New York City in the 1960s.(extract 2)
New York Style' as it was called in that time, appaered in writings made with markers by teens on the subway cars. These writings called tags were seen everywhere.
There are many types of the graffities but not all of them can be described as art. For example, tag can be identified as an old statement just like I was here' , that shows that the writer is active and continuing to rock. (extract 3)
After the spraypaint had been discovered, it separeted the taggers from the real artists.Tag became a part of an overall artistic production.
Undoubtably, writers wanted to be known, that is why we can see so many tags and different names on the streets in different forms.(extract 4)
As the grafiiti developed, writers started to paint not only walls but trains, buses and tubes. There was a competition between the best writers. Usually those writers who had the most paintigs called themselves Kings' or Queens'. The style, skill and the talent were the most dominant factors. Basically till the present days these are the key factors in graffiti.
The unskilled and amatour writers without talent or style called toys'.
It is very difficult to explain who and why people decide to get involved into the graffiti art. Just like in every other form of art, artists just come from nowhere.
Kevin Hickey, police officer of the New York Transit Police Department was asked What sorts of kids write graffiti?'He...
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