2) What are the consequences for graffiti?
There are always consequences for wrong doings in american society and Graffiti is not left out. Graffiti is essentially vandalism. Most artist put the work on the side of a public or private building. Some go as far as putting it in museums. Shepard Fairey was arrested on the day of his first solo exhibition for defacing a Mass Pike building . He didn’t make it to his exhibition that night. The night of the arrest one of the partakers of the event, a graduate student told the Boston Globe "makes him even more of a hero to me," since it proves he is willing to be locked up for his art.
"Artist imitates art.(NEWSMAKERS)(Shepard Fairey )(Brief article)." Maclean's. 122. 6 (Feb 23, 2009): 10(1). Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. Bristol Community College. 19 Nov. 2009
1) What are the origins of?
"For as long as people have been able to write on walls, they have been writing on walls." Before we had a writing language or words the cave men were depicting things on the walls of caves with paints they crafted from different forms of natural resources. Graffiti as an art form can be traced back as far as 1851, on the ruins of Pompeii. The Romans would actually write on the walls of towns and villages that they had conquered.
Dedeyan, Nathaly "Where Did Graffiti Begin?." Where Did Graffiti Begin?. 24 Dec. 2008 EzineArticles.com. 19 Nov. 2009
3) Why do people do it?
As previously stated, one of the main reasons some artists use graffiti as expression is to act out politically. (See image.) Others over the years have used it in such ways as territory markers for gangs or others as acts of rebellion.
Dedeyan, Nathaly "Where Did Graffiti Begin?." Where Did Graffiti Begin?. 24 Dec. 2008 EzineArticles.com. 19 Nov. 2009
4) How has graffiti changed?
Graffiti as a whole has greatly changed overtime. As stated it started with the cave men as a form of communication, then the Romans used it as "turf markers", then it was the Americans who used it to lash out politically. As of now, graffiti has mostly become nothing more than a new art form. It isn't as much of an act of vandalism as it used to be. Some artists such as Shepard Fairey, Banksy, Blek le Rat and Mr. Brainwash hold shows in museums and put their art on canvas' as opposed to walls. Although they started as your normal everyday vandals, they have since takena a different route. On a different note there are organizations like GRL (Graffiti Research Lab) that take a completely different approach to the scene. These people actually have taken a technological stand point on graffiti, these people aren't your typical aerosol and roller type of crowd. They get very much more in depth. They do things like broadcast their art on the side of a building via a projector so when all is said and done they don't leave a permanent mark.
Dedeyan, Nathaly "Where Did Graffiti Begin?." Where Did Graffiti Begin?. 24 Dec. 2008 EzineArticles.com. 19 Nov. 2009 . (http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=76#video)
5) Isn't graffiti vandalism?
Yes and no. Some great graffiti artists have gone from the streets to museums and from walls to canvas. Although the majority of the art is illegal. There is a research group called Graffiti Hurts that is dedicated to the awareness of all of the bad that comes from graffiti. These people believe that graffiti actually leads to more delinquent acts in neighborhoods where graffiti is present, that it leads to the morality of communities drop and people begin thinking that being delinquent is okay to do. I personally don't agree with people vandalizing other peoples of government property but that is not to say the art is not amazing.http://www.graffitihurts.org/getfacts/fastfacts.jsp
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