Graffiti Artwork Controversial Visual Messages Delivered in Public Spaces

Graffiti Artwork

Controversial Visual Messages Delivered in Public Spaces

What is Graffiti?

• Drawings, writing, and doodles that are sprayed, scribbled, or scratched illicitly on a surface in a public location

Where is Graffiti?

• Surfaces including: building walls, trains, bridges, and billboards

When did Graffiti Start?

• Existed since ancient times in Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire

• Evolved with Hip Hop music revolution

How is Graffiti Created?

• Materials and tools:– Spray paint, exterior paint, chalk,

markers, carving and etching tools

Illegal Self Expression on Others’ Property

• In most cases, graffiti is considered vandalism.

• DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MARK ON OTHERS’ PROPERTY.

Graffiti Artwork: Public Pedagogy

• Some artists create graffiti in order to send positive visual messages to a larger and more diverse public audience than museum goers.

Keith Haring

Banksy

Barry McGee

Margaret Kilgallen

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Create your own name tag!

• Research & Brainstorm• Using pencil, create at least 10 thumbnail

sketches• Select your best tag• Using markers, create a full-page colored tag• Using markers, tag your artwork folder! • Note: your name tag should be large and

cover the majority of your folder’s surface

Digital Graffiti Resources

• Create a digital tag!• http://graffiti.playdo.com/• http://www.graffiticreator.net/

http://www.graffiticreator.net/

Graffiti Artwork Controversial Visual Messages Delivered in Public Spaces

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