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	Learn more about Graffiti art in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The practices of graffiti and of considering graffiti as art are generally related to a sub-culture that rebels against extant societal authorities, or against authority as such.
		Graffiti art is considered one of the four elements of Hip Hop.
		Graffiti is subject to different societal pressures from popularly-recognized art forms, since graffiti appears on walls, freeways, buildings, trains or any accessible surfaces that are not owned by, or under the control of the person who applies the graffiti.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /g/gr/graffiti_art.html (815 words)

	Articles - Graffiti Art
		The last form of graffiti is graffiti art which is the creative use of spraypaint to produce an artwork that is graffiti or done in a graffiti-like style, and this the is the concern of this discussion.
		Graffiti art cannot be disregarded simply because it is not presented in the conventional location and manner, i.e., framed and placed in a museum or gallery.
		Graffiti is also criticized for being too hard to understand, but certainly this cannot keep graffiti art from being art anymore than the obscurity of abstract art or Picasso's cubism prevents either one of those hard to understand art forms from being considered as art.
	www.hiphop-network.com /articles/graffitiarticles/graffitiart.asp (4226 words)

	Graffiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Graffiti artists would sign their "tags" for the sake of doing so and sometimes to increase their reputation and prestige as a "writer" or a graffiti artist.
		According to many art researchers, particularly in the Netherlands and in Los Angeles, that type of public art is, in fact an effective tool of social emancipation or in the achievement of a political goal.
		Graffiti is subject to different societal pressures from popularly-recognized art forms, since graffiti appears on walls, freeways, buildings, trains or any accessible surfaces that are not owned by the person who applies the graffiti.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Graffiti_art (4313 words)

	Graffiti Art Therapy
		Graffiti becomes a way for the struggling adolescent to communicate his inner identity conflict and be acknowledged in the world.
		However necessary and constructive graffiti may be for certain adolescents in their struggle, in the eyes of the general public it is viewed as being unnecessary and very destructive.
		In the case of graffiti, it is one example of a youth culture which has not only persisted over time, throughout generations, but has built a structure which provides youth with a focus for their passion and fosters dedication and development of skill.
	www.graffitiverite.com /graffitiartTherapy.htm (6397 words)

	Graffiti - Graffiti Art
		Graffiti is a type of deliberate marking on property, both private and public.
		Their art was one of the rare forms to circulate freely through all social strata and attract enthusiasm from all sorts of people who were usually marked more by the abysses between them.
		The difference between tagging and graffiti is arguable, but some say it's a clear one: tagging is gang-motivated and/or meant as vandalism (illegal) or viewed as too vulgar or controversial to have public value; while graffiti can be viewed as creative expression, whether charged with political meaning or not.
	www.huntfor.com /arthistory/C20th/graffiti.htm (626 words)

	Graffiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Graffiti is done by members from traditional gangs, as well as by graffiti writers called taggers.
		When graffiti is not cleaned up immediately, it will multiply as different gangs cross out rivals and add their own graffiti messages.
		Graffiti is the tagger's voice, their way to express themselves and to snub or tease the people in authority.
	www.nagia.org /graffiti.htm (2663 words)

	Articles - Graffiti: Art And Crime
		Art in the form of graffiti (graffiti by style and considered so only if it appears on public or private property without permission) originated in the late 1960s, but graffiti in term of public and unsolicited markings has been around for ever.
		Most chose to take their art overground, to the streets, now street bombing is the major form of graffiti art, although some writers have started painting on freight trains knowing that conceivably their work could travel all the way across the continent.
		George Stowers commented on the generalization that all real graffiti art is illegal, "In all actuality, spraycan art does not necessarily have to be illegal or on a wall to be considered as graffiti art, although, philosophically, this might be the purest essence of the art form.
	www.hiphop-network.com /articles/graffitiarticles/graffitiartandcrime.asp (5170 words)

	The Official Graffiti Verite' Website
		Graffiti Art succeeds as underground counterprogramming which is aimed at the same target audience that the powerful Madison Avenue mass media is directed at, albeit with a decidedly different message.
		Graffiti art is both loved and hated and it's freely given away to the anonymous public.
		While graffiti and graffiti tags have long been seen as a fl eye on the sides of trains and in subway tunnels, tagging is on the move again, this time with an award-winning documentary on the art form.
	www.graffitiverite.com (5512 words)

	Graffiti - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Graffiti is the plural of graffito, although the singular form is less commonly used.
		The strand of graffiti art which is considered one of the four elements of hip hop is usually denoted urban 'Aerosol Art'.
		The developments of graffiti art which took place in art galleries, colleges as well as "on the street" or "underground", contributed to the resurfacing in the 1990's of a far more overtly politicized form in the subvertising, culture jamming or 'tactical media' movements.
	www.music.us /education/G/Graffiti.htm (2901 words)

	Graffiti
		Graffiti doesn’t have to be allowed to continue, it will no matter what, and that has to be accepted.
		If graffiti is accepted by society completely, artists would get up by their skills in the gallery rather than having the most tags around the city.
		Since it won’t gain fame in a museum just because it is ‘graffiti’, artists do their work in the same place where it is respected and appreciated- the streets.
	uhavax.hartford.edu /DEMARTINE/Graffiti.html (1433 words)

	Graffiti Street Art Photos
		Though "street art" is usually identified with "graffiti" and/or "tags", as you can see by the photo to the left, it is a great deal more.
		We believe these works should be taken more seriously as art than is often the case, and devote a special gallery section to them.
		Since you're never sure when or where you'll make such a discovery, it comes as a visual surprise, a dazzling visual surprise; dazzling, because of the combination of dynamic, well executed graphic, the texture of the wall it is painted on, and the entire street setting, all of it coming at you at once.
	www.sohobooks.net /bobnew/home.htm (490 words)

	Graffiti Wall Art by Michael Tracy, TRACY 168, Graffiti Wildstyle, Bronx, NYC Wall Murals, Subway Art
		Graffiti Wall Art by Michael Tracy, TRACY 168, Graffiti Wildstyle, Bronx, NYC Wall Murals, Subway Art
		one of the original creators of the art form called "graffiti," studied at the institute of Higher Learning, better known as the Lexington I.R.T. His canvas was the subway car and his pallet various cans of spray paint.
		Because of these types of beginnings, most street graffiti was based on the macho culture of competition.
	www.bronxmall.com /tracy168/past.html (279 words)

	CNN - Graffiti: Art or vandalism? - March 23, 1996
		They fear graffiti is threatening the survival of entire communities.
		A sociologist with the Graffiti Task Force in Suffolk County, New York, Vicki Wilson, says some are looking to cyberspace for a graffiti alternative to concrete space.
		Call it vandalism or call it art -- graffiti seems to be an addictive habit.
	www.cnn.com /US/9603/graffiti_art (486 words)

	::: drewmedia graffiti :::
		There are currently 15 solid fills, 15 gradient fills, 14 solid canvases, and 8 special canvases to choose from.
		You can also move your graffiti with the arrow buttons, or return it to the center by clicking the circle button in the middle of the arrows (Use this if you drag your graffiti off of the canvas.
		Press the "+" or "-" buttons to scale your graffiti, or press the circular button between them to return to 100% scale.
	graffiti.drewmedia.com /graffiti.htm (301 words)

	Neowin.net > Graffiti = Art? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If all graffiti looked like that my vote would have been yes, but nothing ruins a neighborhood quicker than crap hosed all over the side of every flat surface available.
		Since the term graffiti is only used in modern day english when talking about **** written on walls, and scummy crap etched into windows, it is not good.
		Modern day usage of the word graffiti represent spray paint or compass point etching onto walls/windows in the form of a 'signature' of the impressor.
	www.neowin.net /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t278983-0.html (953 words)

	Art or graffiti? City will decide
		Although the mural involving 40 young artists, designers, art students and middle-schoolers is city-sanctioned, certain city officials are saying parts of it look too much like graffiti, and they want those portions, including Nevue's, removed.
		A recent graduate from the University of Washington with a double major in art and the comparative history of ideas, the mural is her first big public project.
		While the mood their work casts is not entirely sunny-side up, it is art by almost any measure, with painted figures that are ragged masters of all they survey.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/192759_mural28.html (919 words)

	GraphicsDEN - Lesson 1: The Graffiti Wall - 1 of 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Despite the growing popularity of graffiti, it is still illegal to paint on someone else's property without their permission.
		But this doesn't mean that you can't experience the thrill of producing your own graffiti art.
		You are welcome to follow the same steps we have used, or you may use this lesson to learn the characteristics unique to each tool, then apply them to your graffiti as you see fit.
	www.actden.com /grap_den/lesson1/page1.htm (226 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Stencil Graffiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Many of today's graffiti artists have adopted the stencil and spray can, and are using the street as a giant creative forum for their arresting artwork.
		With subject matter ranging from the political to the poetic, from the funky to the frankly curious, stencil graffiti is graphic innovation on an international scale.
		Manco profiles key artist from around the world as well as touching lightly on stencil and graffiti history (Information which is readily available else where both online and in print.) As an aside, the book does speak briefly on the philosophy of graffiti in the urban landscape.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0500283427?v=glance (1304 words)

	Berlin Wall Graffiti Art home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As graffiti artists embrace anonymity, the identities (including exact ages) of the creators of these images are unknown.
		The graffiti art in Burkhardt's photographs appear on the sections of the Wall at the Wall Park at Bernauer Strasse.
		Understanding the social, historical and personal context in which children's art is created enriches the artwork's meaning.
	www.papaink.org /gallery/home/artist/display/96.html (1305 words)

	Graffiti: Art And Crime
		At that point a vital part of graffiti culture was lost.
		For that to be the case, for subway art to be lost, is a sad thing.
		As part of a sort of "unwritten graffiti constitution" there are some things that are to go without saying.
	www-atdp.berkeley.edu /Studentpages/cflores/historygraffiti.html (4631 words)

	50mm Los Angeles
		Click to the gallery for graffiti art, murals, guerilla art, street art and lifestyle photography from Los Angeles and around the world.
		Saturday, October 22nd, 2005 MAINTAIN ART GALLERY Presents: "Read The Signs" Through out the past two decades 100's of thousands of Los Angeles youth have written their names on almost every surface that this city has to offer, saturating all of...
		Saturday, October 22, 2005 MAINTAIN ART GALLERY Presents: "Read The Signs" Through out the past two decades 100's of thousands of Los Angeles youth have written their names on almost every surface that this city has to offer, saturating all of L...
	www.50mmlosangeles.com (522 words)

	All the secrets to winning the graffiti vandalism fight can be found here
		Whether it is using spraypaint on trains, subways, walls, or kids bombing with spraycan art, we have answers to your graffiti questions.
		Graffiti vandals, (also known as writers) have their own graffiti links to obtain graffiti caps, tips, and nozzles, including their own graffiti magazines showing a gallery of graffiti murals in various forms, including the so called Wildstyle.
		The HipHop graffiti culture is being pursued and feverishly prosecuted.
	www.nograffiti.com (274 words)

	Street art and Graffiti art
		There's not much to say here, but to enjoy some art people like to call Graffiti.
		I was told all of these images were made with the usual cans of spray paint and nothing else.
		Creative for once is an understatement when it come to these works...photos below are only parts of the whole, click to see entire image.
	www.artbabyart.com /article/graffito/graffiti.htm (102 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Subway Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Besides that, you had to go to the public library and look for articles on trains in "Art In America", "Artforum", and "Print" magazines (those are a few I recall having big huge photo essays on the "new" graffiti movement, as it was called back then).
		The epitome of classic NYC graffiti, Subway Art has become the veritable Bible for this particular subculture that has exploded around the United States, and also the world (just to name a few: Germany, Iceland, Denmark, Amsterdam, France, and Japan).
		An important peice of work, and a must for art afficiandos and graf and hip-hop heads alike.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805006788?v=glance (1492 words)

	♥ Graffiti Art From The West Of LT.
		♥ Graffiti Art From The West Of LT.
		After functioning as a Lithuanian graffiti art webpage for over 6 years with rare updates of pictures, we decided to have a page reflecting the history of Klaipeda graffiti scene 1995-2000 from its beginning with no updates in near future.
		We are here to proudly present the works of Klaipeda graffiti artists, so it covers only the local scene.
	www.fatcru.com (206 words)

	Graffiti & Street Art : Photos/Fotos/Pictures/Images/Pics : Index/TXMX/Hamburg
		graffiti street art urban post graff graf murals pieces trains walls characters wheat paste stencils plantillas cutouts stickers hip-hop hiphop photos fotos pics pictures images flicks flix snaps galerie gallery archiv archive hamburg germany deutschland
		stencils / schablonen / stencil graffiti / plantillas / firmas / szablon /
		Graffiti graff graf street art urban art post-Graffiti links liens linki international german germany deutschland hamburg altona st.pauli ottensen muenchen spanien espana spain
	www.txmx.de /graffindex.html (182 words)

	Full Time Artists
		Created and Run by Highground industries full timeartists.com features a huge Graffiti Gallery including photos, sketches, paintings and more, Graffiti Font Downloads, Streaming Music, Mp3s, an Online Store selling caps, music, fonts, clothing and more, as well as access to Highgrounds professional Multi Media Services.
		UPDATED ON In our graff section you can browse through hundreds of Graffiti photos and sketches from the California Bay Area and beyond.
		We provide Art and Illustration, Graphic and Web Design, Audio duplication, Original Music, and a wide array of Multimedia services for clients on all levels.
	www.fulltimeartists.com (191 words)

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