Find available artworks by Banksy on Widewalls marketplace!įrom simple scribbled names on the walls, graffiti are today done in numerous styles. Artists Banksy, Lush, Shepard Fairey, and even the old-school taggers such as SNAKE-I now present and sell their works in galleries and auctions.
Many of contemporary graffiti creatives now operate in both fields - they are still active on the streets, but the art market is now open for their works as well. The quality of such images and their critical edge raised the importance of graffiti, and influenced their transition from streets to studios and galleries. Over time graffiti styles developed into more complex representations that surpass the lettering and include figurative and abstract compositions, as is the case with wildstyle graffiti. Some of the first taggers in New York were TAKI 183 and SNAKE-I. Throw-ups are slightly more complicated than graffiti tags and include the use of more colors. Tags and throw-ups are the most basic forms of graffiti, which are the writings of the names of graffiti creatives in highly stylized letters.
Some of the early graffiti masters were even incarcerated and persecuted for their work, which was pronounced as vandalism by political elites.įrom initial struggles to perhaps the most prevalent art form, graffiti developed in different styles following the initial dominant forms of tagging and throw-ups. From the first widespread appearance in New York subway to buildings and walls around the city, graffiti had a bad reputation that often provoked negative actions by the officials.
In the 20th century graffiti are considered an urban art form, but not by everyone. History of graffiti goes back to Roman times, but these first graffiti scribbled on Roman houses were not created with any aesthetic idea behind them so they can't be described as one of the graffiti styles. Graffiti developed over several decades but this relatively short time span when compared to other art forms does not seem to affect the richness of their stylistic expressions. Developing a classification of graffiti styles may seem a daunting task.
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