Graffiti is a particular kind of art which in our days and has been misunderstood because some people believe that it is a form of vandalism applied in public buildings and trains. Despite the fact that some people state that graffiti “decorates” big cities, it gets across different messages and constitutes a way of expressing social and political views.
Most of the reasearchers believe that graffiti originally came from the inscriptions in caves with scenes from everyday life. Graffiti makes its entrance in World War 2 as humans didn't have the freedom of speech and were turned to other kinds of resistance writing slogans in the streets for peace and love. In the american military bases, the “Kilroy was here” was a meme which was found at graffiti. They didnt know its symbolic meaning but they knew it meant something positive. In the modern world, examples form the painting expression groups in the modern USA graffiti in walls for political parties, sports teams slogans for peace and love and against racism.
Graffiti is the writing of a text or a public drawing and mostly on walls. The word graffiti comes from an italy word graffato witch means scratched. The words that describe graffiti is mural but doing graffiti connects with “painting”.
In greece the art of graffiti came out with hip-hop culture in the 80’s. The reference of Athens has done the part of abroad type like New York Times. Graffiti is done with spray or some markers. The “tag” is the signature that is done with spray or markers on a wall, next to the graffiti. INO is one artist from greece known for the big scale of his wall paintings.
Sometimes, feelings contain negativity and don’t respect some groups of people. Although, graffiti consists of “the jewel” in big cities and it passes many messages, while giving hope to people for a better future.
This article is translated, it was written by a student from one of our school clubs
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