STREET ART Art or Vandalism The History of

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

I Graffiti

TAG Lines; an artist’s signature; simplest and most prevalent type of graffiti.

Tag

THROW-UP Easy 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 - distillery. Uploaded by Vux. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2. 0 via Wikimedia Commons http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Distillery_(400700006). jpg#mediavie wer/File: Distillery_(400700006). jpg

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

Piece

Piece

Piece

Piece

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

WILDSTYLE

Wildstyle in Los Angeles by RIME "Rime msk graffiti lariver-mod" by http: //www. flickr. com/people/24293932@N 00/ http: //www. Flickr. com/photos/24293932@N 00/1698682932/. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2. 0 via Wikimedia Commons http: //commons. wikimedia. org/wiki/File: Rime_msk_graffiti_larivermod. jpg#mediaviewer/File: Rime_msk_graffiti_lariver-mod. jpg

Wildstyle in San Francisco by APEX San francisco graffiti 01" 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_graffiti 01. jpg#mediaviewer/File: San_ francisco_graffiti 01. jpg

II STENCIL Designs are cut 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

III MURAL 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

IV PASTE 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

V OTHER TYPES • Yarn Bombing • Reverse Graffiti • Legal Walls

YARN BOMBING

YARN BOMBING

YARN BOMBING

YARN BOMBING

Reverse Graffiti

Reverse Graffiti

Reverse Graffiti

LEGAL WALL Sometimes 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.

VI 3 D STREET ART Street Art (Pavement Art, Street Art, and Sidewalk Art) Creating artistic designs on streets, sidewalks, and town squares with impermanent and semipermanent materials such as chalk.

3 D

3 D

3 D 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 3 D Street Art • How is it done?

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