Ronald Thomas & Pedro Vera Graffiti Culture Mr. Flamm
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Why Do People Do Graffiti? They do it as a form of artistic
expression or to release their emotions. Others do it because they
want attention or to look cool and impress others. They want to
represent something or someone.
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History: The earliest forms of graffiti date back to 30,000 BC
in the form of prehistoric cave paintings and pictographs using
tools such as Animal bones and pigments. These illustrations were
often placed in ceremonial and sacred locations inside of the
caves. This form of graffiti is subject to disagreement considering
it is likely that members of prehistoric society endorsed the
creation of these illustrations.
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Key Terms: GRAFFITI SPRAY PAINT Graffiti is writing or drawings
scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other
surface in a public place. Similar way to paint but in the form of
gas. Popular with graffiti artists.
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Key Terms: THROW UPS WILD STYLE A style of graffiti letters
similar to bubble letters. Graffiti with text so stylized as to be
difficult to read, often with interlocking, three-dimensional
type.
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Key Terms GETTING UP RACK Originally, "getting up" meant to
successfully hit a train. Now it means to hit up anything,
anywhere, with any form of graffiti. To steal, usually paints or
markers. In the past, most writers stole all materials used for
painting. Due to paint lockups in California and other areas, this
is no longer possible, so most paint is now bought.
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Stereotypes: People that do graffiti are bad and are in gangs.
People do graffiti as art but people in gangs use graffiti to
represent their gangs.
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Stereotypes: Only Black and Latinos do Graffiti. Plenty of
people like to do graffiti as well as admire the work.
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Stereotypes: All graffiti artist are hooded delinquents. A lot
of graffiti artist do dress like that but some are normal
people.
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Stereotypes: All graffiti is just juvenile writing. Some
graffiti artist draw regular pictures and not so street type
graffiti. Some will even make child friendly cartoon pictures.
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Stereotypes: Other artists will take the cartoon characters and
turn them into something bad. They will make something funny as
well.
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Stereotypes: All Graffiti is illegal All graffiti people are
poor.
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Stereotypes: Graffiti lowers property values Graffiti is
vandalism.
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Stereotypes Graffiti is not art Graffiti is sloppy.
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Stereotype: Graffiti is for kids only. Women do not know how to
graffiti.
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Stereotype: Graffiti is 2D People only graffiti in the
Americas.
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Stereotypes: Only skaters graffiti. Graffiti is only done in
the ghetto.
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Traditions: Gangs would like to leave there marks places. They
also like to make big art works for there anniversaries.
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What do YOU think graffiti is? Some people think graffiti is
art and a way of expressing yourself. Others think graffiti is a
form of vandalism and a disrespect to property and people. What do
you think graffiti is?
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Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti http://graffiti.org/
http://graffiti.org/ Images: Various Websites
