By Nate Arnold

By Nate Arnold

The Art

History of Graffiti• Philadelphia, PN (1966)

• Political activist and Gangs • Cornbread and Kool Earl

• New York Movement(1971) • New York Times wrote a story on Taki 183

• “Taki 183 Spawns Pen Pals”• Taki 183(1954-present day)

• Lived in Washington Heights Manhattan (1971)

Music Hip Hop

Small networkStyles People

That all artist are in gangsDo drugsRebels None caring They just go out and sprayNever finished high schoolCan only be found in low class communities

MYTHS

Cons of Graffiti

• Crime • Vandalism

• Violence • gangs

• Harmful to body• Kills brain cells

Art or Crime

Points out weaknesses in governmentsCommunist democracy

Can be used as a memorial2pac Michael Jackson

A form of artCan be just like every other forms of

artExpress feelings

Memorial to 2pac

Expression of graffiti

Born in 1974Bristol, UK

Considered one of the greatest of all time

Spoke against governments Illusions Stencil formSells graffiti

Banksy

Started in 1992-2001Humorous images

Naked manThe Thekla

Studied many other writers Worked with James DeWeaver

Traveled around the worldAustralia US

Early Career

2001-present day Moved towards political

artPlaced on public

buildings Used more detail

Used finer tipsRevealed his identity

(2009)Sells art now

Later Years

THE SEARCH

Sweeping Under the Rug

Our Government

Street Clearer

Psalms 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; 

       I will counsel you and watch over you.”1 Cor. 9:22

“To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.”

Mark 12:30 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your

soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”Colossians 3:17

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

Biblical Verses

It can be used to inspire Christian thoughtsSpraying images of

Christ or the last supper

We can make graffiti houses Help get kids of the

streetsWe can use images to

teach Show who Christ isBe able to show

different teachings through images

How Graffiti can be used

History of Graffiti: Part 1. http://www.daveyd.com/historyofgraf.html (March 31, 2010)

Brian Sewell Art Directory: Banksy. http://www.briansewell.com/artist/b-artist/banksy/banksy-biography.html (April 10, 2010)

Graffiti art or Crime. http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b143/graffiti/decision/studentdebates.html (April 13, 2010)

Powers, Stephen. The Art of Getting Over: Graffiti at the Millennium. New York, New York. Macmillan. 1999

Bingham, Jane. Graffiti: Culture In Action. Mankato Minnesota. Coughlan Publishing, 2009

 pictures came from Google search images Graffiti Castleman, Craig. Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York. Cambridge,

Massachusetts. MIT Press 1984 Price, Emmett George. Hip Hop Culture. Oxford, UK. ABC-CLIO. 2006 Taki 183. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAKI_183 (April 22, 2010) Macdonald, Nancy. The Graffiti Subculture: youth, masculinity, and identity in

London and New York. New York, New York. Palgrave Macmillan. 2001 Rock Fresh. Movie. http://www.hulu.com/watch/136896/rock-fresh (March 21, 2010)

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