The Word Graffiti?

can't you just make a fun facts thread and put all of these in there?


----Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

But that would not be as much fun.

You carry on, Carlton

Also I can just close any that break the rules easier

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Abbie Shores
Community Mgr, Technical Support Mgr, Fine Art America | Pixels.com

Hmm, I wonder how art using a can of spray paint evolved from that? Is that American Graffiti, hahaha, get it?

There is a whole other movement that started in the streets of Mexico that utilizes spray paint it's called aerosolgrafia it started around 1982 by a guy named Ruben Sadot it was street art and part performance art this artist died tragically at a young age and another group of artist most notably of the group is Gerardo Amor and others took this art movement to new heights.

I have numerous examples of this art in my gallery as I went thru a phase that I was really fascinated with the technique and it uses more than just a spray can, you need lots of newspaper. What can be created is really amazing!

Now , that's a silly joke Mike ...😂

Indeed, interesting. Yes, the term is credited to Italians in the mid-19th century but doesn't the practice, itself, date back thousands of years to early cave paintings, scratching into rock surfaces?

Please carry on, Carlton.

Got no idea, but found this on a wall near by

I love graffiti and didn't know that Carlton. Thank you for that...I can't get that out of my mind.

Whenever a train goes by and I have to stop for awhile, I get excited for the art show. I pull out my phone for ideas. lol

In Brazil we have territorial graffiti ( Pichação) which is put up by rival groups, considered vandalism. Then we have artistic grafitti, best known is probably Kobra, currently there is a major art (gallery) exhibition by grafitti artists. There is some amazing work out there, both spontaneous and commissioned, 10 floor building size.

The pixação / pichação Brazilian graffiti James McCormack mentions is an interesting cultural phenomenon. I've seen the style in a couple of other South American cities too (notably Lima in Peru) and came across this article while trying to find out more about it: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jan/06/pixacao-the-story-behind-sao-paulos-angry-alternative-to-graffiti

My biggest problem is trying to remember whether it's 'graffiti' or 'grafitti' - lol.