#street art gaffiti

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Artiste.

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Meanwhile, graffiti artists in my hood

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September 2018 - Paris - France

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From one leader to another...

Graffiti. Leake Street, London

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Vote for BATMAN

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The Vandal by Nick Walker, Nelson Street, Bristol

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Did you know that #Gaffiti cost the city €35 Million (at least). If Berlin were a modern day Hades (as some more traditional country folk no doubt believe), Sisyphus would be condemned to life as a street cleaner. Every year the city spends €35 Million on cleaning graffiti off its walls. Yet, like magic, the city's distinctive paintwork always seems to reappear! 🎨 ✈️🌍 👣 👣 👣 👣 #followushi #art #style #fashion #destinations #hotel #food #travel #travelpics #mydubai #dubaiblogger #traveldiary #travelgram #traveldiaries #wanderlust #berlinstagram #berlin #germany #GetYourGuide (at East Side Gallery, Berlin Wall)

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The competition/war between graffiti and street art - Do they have the same meaning?

A tagger by the name of ZEXOR began tagging the murals at the beginning of this year, and his actions have encouraged others to do the same. Alongside the pressure of gentrification are the long simmering tensions between graffiti writers and street artists, and their constant struggle for recognition, credibility, and space on the city’s walls.

Graffiti before Street Art

To most of the public, it’s easy to conflate graffiti and street art. Even in artistic circles, the two terms are used interchangeably, and refer to a fluid concept of literally and simply “art on the street”.

Yet, however singular or cohesive the two may seem to the mainstream as a subculture, there are significant differences that separate the two.

“Graffiti predates street art and street art draws its inspiration from graffiti,” states Stavsky.

The art form emerged from inner city neighborhoods as a type of self-expression for urban youth. It’s egoistic because its “tags” are acts of personal branding by the writers. Graffiti is illegal, but it is precisely this illegal risk that gives it its counter-cultural edge. - (me- has the meaning and illegal risk of gaffiti began to fade due to graffiti/ street art becoming mainstream? Is is loosing its meaning and purpose? effectiveness?)

Street art, on the other hand, is most often done by artists who have received formal training. In the beginning, the artists took their cue from graffiti in making the streets their canvass as a statement against existing establishment, and their works usually carry some overarching message for the public. Street art is usually painted with permission or commissioned. (Two different images comparing street art to graffiti) 

Graffiti (left) is word-based, whereas Street Art (right) is image-based.

“Graffiti art”, if one had to, would be the name Stavsky gives to the two form’s artistic overlap. This describes elaborate graffiti that is more figurative, using images and colors akin to most street art paintings. “A lot of really famous graffiti artists will do this for someone legally because maybe their illegal work received a lot of attention, like Meres,” said Stavsky.

http://www.columbia.edu/~sl3731/graffitiART/

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Vague de couleurs 🌊

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PRAGUE

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Bucaramanga, Colombia.