Graffiti Artwork

Controversial Visual Messages Delivered in Public Spaces

What is Graffiti?

• Drawings, writing, and doodles that are sprayed, scribbled, or scratched illicitly on a surface in a public location

Where is Graffiti?

• Surfaces including: building walls, trains, bridges, and billboards

When did Graffiti Start?

• Existed since ancient times in Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire

• Evolved with Hip Hop music revolution

How is Graffiti Created?

• Materials and tools:– Spray paint, exterior paint, chalk,

markers, carving and etching tools

Illegal Self Expression on Others’ Property

• In most cases, graffiti is considered vandalism.

• DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MARK ON OTHERS’ PROPERTY.

Graffiti Artwork: Public Pedagogy

• Some artists create graffiti in order to send positive visual messages to a larger and more diverse public audience than museum goers.

Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Banksy

Banksy

Banksy

Banksy

Banksy

Banksy

Banksy

Barry McGee

Barry McGee

Barry McGee

Barry McGee

Margaret Kilgallen

Margaret Kilgallen

Margaret Kilgallen

Margaret Kilgallen

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Tags (Artists’ Names)

Create your own name tag!

• Research & Brainstorm• Using pencil, create at least 10 thumbnail

sketches• Select your best tag• Using markers, create a full-page colored tag• Using markers, tag your artwork folder! • Note: your name tag should be large and

cover the majority of your folder’s surface

Digital Graffiti Resources

• Create a digital tag!• http://graffiti.playdo.com/• http://www.graffiticreator.net/