User:Sydrob20/Graffiti

Graffiti is a way of communicating and a way of expressing what you feel in the moment. It is both art and a functional thing that can warn people of something or inform people of something. However, graffiti is to some people a form of art, but to some a form of vandalism.

History
Graffiti Art origin in the 70’s by young people in New York. They would use spray paint and other kind of materials to create an image on the sides of buildings and subway trains. While the art was a form of masterpiece, it was also causing problems on subways due to the fact that people couldn't look out of the widows because they were covered in tags. To the people doing the tags it was to them a form of writing it wasn't until a novelist named Norman Mailer called it "Graffiti" in The New York Times. During this time period (the late 70s), a war against graffiti broke out, making it so graffitist can't tag subway trains without getting in trouble anymore, so they moved on to tagging rooftops and canvases. However, today graffitist are paid thousands of dollars to put there artwork on buildings and on canvases to display the amazing works that the artist has done.

Purpose
Graffitist believes that art should be on display for everyone in the public eye or in plain sight, not hidden away in a museum or a gallery. Art should color the streets, not the inside of some building. Graffiti is a form of art that can't be owned or bought. It doesn't last forever, it's temporary, yet one of a kind. It's a form of self promotion for the artist that can be displayed anywhere form sidewalks, roofs, subways, building wall, and etc. Art to them is for everyone and should be showed to everyone for free.