STREET ART

Art or Vandalism?

The History of American Graffiti: From Subway to

Gallery

IMAGES OF STREET ART: TYPES THAT

(PROBABLY) WON’T GET YOU ARRESTED

IGraffiti

TAG Lines; an artist’s

signature; simplest and most prevalent type of

graffiti.

Tag

THROW-UPEasy and quick design, usually an outline

and filled color like bubble letters. Many artists will have a Tag and a Throw-up in order to have a recognizable logo; sometimes these are done quickly and then the artist leaves before noticed (or getting caught.)

Throw-Up

TAG AND THROW-UP

An Example of Tag and Throw-Up"Distillery (400700006)" by phogel from Germany - distilleryUploaded by Vux. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distillery_(400700006).jpg#mediaviewer/File:Distillery_(400700006).jpg

PIECEShort for masterpiece; a complex

painting using many colors, 3D effects, lines, arrows; very labor intensive; takes a long time to do.

Piece

Piece

Piece

Piece

WILDSTYLELetters and numbers interlocking;

very stylized and complicated, almost impossible to read for people who are unfamiliar with it; often 3D elements

WILDSTYLE

Wildstyle in Los Angeles by RIME"Rime msk graffiti lariver-mod" by http://www.flickr.com/people/24293932@N00/ - http://www.Flickr.com/photos/24293932@N00/1698682932/. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rime_msk_graffiti_lariver-mod.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Rime_msk_graffiti_lariver-mod.jpg

Wildstyle in San Francisco by APEXSan francisco graffiti01" by http://www.flickr.com/people/gypsyrock/ - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gypsyrock/3028544015/. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_francisco_graffiti01.jpg#mediaviewer/File:San_francisco_graffiti01.jpg

IISTENCIL

Designs are cut out of a medium such as paper and then the design or image is transferred to a surface using spray paint or rolled paint; stencils are easily duplicated

Stencil

Stencil

Stencil

IIIMURAL

A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface.

Mural

Mural

MURAL

Mural

Mural

IVPASTE UP

A drawing, stencil, etc., on paper fixed to a wall or other surface using an adhesive mixture such as wheatpaste or wallpaper paste

.

PASTE UP

Sticker

PASTE UP

Sticker

Sticker

VOTHER TYPES

• Yarn Bombing • Reverse Graffiti• Legal Walls

YARN BOMBING

YARN BOMBING

YARN BOMBING

YARN BOMBING

Reverse Graffiti

Reverse Graffiti

Reverse Graffiti

LEGAL WALLSometimes called, “Permission Walls,”

give artists a space to paint and is a way of controlling unwanted graffiti. They help get graffiti lovers off the private properties of fences, walls, etc, making it legal to paint here.

VI3D STREET ART

Street Art (Pavement Art, Street Art, and Sidewalk Art)

Creating artistic designs on streets, sidewalks, and town squares with

impermanent and semi-permanent materials such as chalk.

3D

3D

3D Street Art Must Be Viewed from the Correct Angle

View From Correct Angle View from Wrong Angle

Lego Army, Chalk Festival Sarasota 2011, Leon Keer, Street Artist

•Examples of 3D Street Art

•How is it done?

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