This series of articles, Overlooked Traditional Art, is intended to feature some of the best, new submissions from different subcategories in the Traditional Art Gallery.

This time, the focus will be on another small gallery on deviantART, dedicated to a very controversial art form, Graffiti.

Graffiti is a drawing or inscription made on a wall or other surface, usually so as to be seen by the public. Graffiti style lettering and traditional airbrushing mimicking wall graffiti may also be included in this area as long as it is not computer generated.

Few people know that graffiti originated in ancient times, being used either for pleasure or in order to impress, nowadays becoming a widely used way of expressing for individuals or gangs, thus rising certain problems, because when done without a property owner's consent it constitutes an act of vandalism.

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. This means that graffiti forms incorporate elements rarely seen elsewhere. Spray paint and broad permanent markers are commonly used, and the organizational structure of the art is sometimes influenced by the need to apply the art quickly before it is noticed by authorities.

Even if some people consider graffiti just an unwanted nuisance, while others consider it a form of art, we see it so often that we began to accept it as part of our daily experiences and its influence can be seen in the work of many contemporary artists, such as George Hunt, Justin Bua, and Keith Haring.



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For more information about Graffiti see the following links:
Graffiti
Types of Graffiti


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