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Graffiti - Alphabet For Graffiti Tagging
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. PCT Experience - Journal
... water for an easy dinner of alphabet pasta with dehydrated green ... later I reached the group. Tagging at the rear, they eventually ... onward. After Hay Rock, a graffiti covered chunk of granite ...
http://saffron.hack.net/s ...perience_Journal.html |
2. SWAP MEET NEW THREAD (Trades, Trades, Trades!) - Topic Powered by Groupee Co...
... Tinkertiny Alpha Templates-- Tinkertiny Tagging-style Stencil Letters and Numbers-- Scrappykindagirl 4 alphabet sets of Girls are Weird or Graffiti in pink and black-- Scrappykindagirl 5 sets of ...
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3. The Richmond Review, Essay, Walking Meditation by Chris Arthur
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10. JDC-Concrete: A definition of Terms
... Tag, taggers, tagging ideogramatic and alphabetic system used in graffiti, particularly used ... ... Bell, father of Alexander G. Bell) phonetic alphabet imitating the position of vocal organs. Used ...
http://jdc-concrete.com/TERMS.HTM |
11. Gouzou - Forum
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12. Goya Famous Paintings and More Art Sub Categories
... Art Glass - Graffiti Art - Graffiti Art Alphabet - Graffiti Art And Animation - Graffiti Art ... ... Art Gallery - Graffiti Art Heart - Graffiti Art Hip Hop Tagging - Graffiti Art Images - Graffiti ...
http://www.art617.com/i2_ ...Famous-Paintings.html |
13. Forward Retreat: May 2005 Archives
... he and the Irak crew used to stage midnight graffiti runs or hold parties on the roof. These were ... ... failure last year and had stopped drinking and tagging because "I'm not trying to go to jail.") For ...
http://www.forwardretreat ...es/2005/05/index.html |
14. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
... use numbers as code in gang graffiti. A number may represent the ... corresponding position in the alphabet (e.g., 13 = M, for the ... Tagbangers, a derivative of tagging crews and gangs, are ...
http://www.popcenter.org/ .../problem-graffiti.htm |
15. Articles - Graffiti Art
http://www.hiphop-network ...icles/graffitiart.asp
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16. OnlyOneNativeSpeaker
... use in the past. The unique alphabet signified that the obelisk ... of the particular style in graffiti called Wild Style, proposed ... egocentrism of zillion*time tagging your name, Rammelzee wanted ...
http://www.socialfiction.org/onlyone/obelisk.html |
17. Graffito Alphabet Letter
... graffito Alphabet graffito Tagging graffito Font graffito ... aspects of the language. The alphabet sound of the letter a ... cactus and cacti, graffito, graffiti, concerto, concerti, and ...
http://www.fkme.info/FKM/ ...+alphabet+letter.html |
18. http://www.joshuapetker.com/srcpage-news.htm
... who got his artistic start through graffiti and tagging, which gave him some basic ideas about ... ... often practicing penciling the letters of the alphabet. During his years at Evergreen College in ...
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