Subject Matter Research

Everyone has an opipion about graffiti its costs the council thousands of pounds every year to remove it but also in todays society it is modern art. Graffiti is a form of vandalism but people see it as street art that keeps youths away from harder crime. Kieran Dunn, a teenager says 'graffiti is more art than crime. If someone has put that much effort into their piece they can't be doing it just to get somone angry.' Young graffiti artists see graffiti as a form of expression. Due to the anti-social behaviour act in 2003, people can now be punished for graffiting and it is now illegal to sell spray paint to under 16's. However new laws are trying to get the council to build places for young teens to go to, to work on their talent and learn more instead of spraying walls. Graffiti has been around for many years even the Romans wrote on walls. Graffiti started when people first started to put their names on posts however it has fully advanced from then and is now considered a form of art and expression. Graffiti is images or lettering that is scratched, scrawled, painted or sprayed in any piece of property some see it as art but most see it as unwanted damage. When researching graffiti online you can hire out graffiti artists. They spray for live art events, TV shows, video shoots, bedrooms, private functions and much more. There are different sections within graffiti, such as traditional graffiti, photorealism, wildlife/nature graffiti, stencil art, organic graffiti, marker pen art, scences and abstract graffiti. Many big companies such as microsoft, diesel, BBC, paramount, red bull, virign, and kiss sponser there graffiti artists. The ED Hardy store paid a graffiti company to graffiti the walls in its store creating the right atmosphere, 'their ability to take ED Hardy's orginal designs and replicate it flawlessly was astounding! We could be more happy with the outocme.' - Says John V- ED Hardy founder.