Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Lecture 3: Graffiti and street art -

Grafiato - Scratched.


- Cares at la scaux - France - Cave wall Paintings.
- Discovered in 1940 by four teenagers.
- Depicting Scenes 


Ancient Roman Graffiti - Pompeii 


Political use of graffiti:


- Killroy/ Chad - WWll - Memorial washington DC. UK "Slogan What.. No?
- Paris May 68' - Largest Strike - 11 million workers. 
- Paris 68' - Graffiti Posters and newspapers poems of the events.


1970s New york.
-Spray can graffiti - Hip Hop culture - Making the language of the streets visible. 
- Announcing presence "we will not be ignored"


Jon Narr Photographer - 1973
Samo - same-oh Same - Same old shit 
- Private joke
- Death of Samo - 1979


Neo Expressionist Painting.
- Warhol and Basquait - General Electric with waiter 
- 1984 - one of americas largest company.


Keith Hartley - Radient  Baby


1981 sketches first chalk drawings


Popshop art - selling t shirts, toys, posters baring signatures, images - celebrity hang out.


John Feckner - Broken Promises, 1980


Jenny Holzer - Times square - Abuse of power came as no surprise.


Video game culture - comment on the lack of availability of brands and technology in the western block


TATS CRU - 1997 for coca cola.


"Bomb the world" 


2000 Graffiti in video games 


Invader - French artist - 1969 - tiles  - pixel like.


Conceptual elements: Points on the map represent the form of a space invader.


Re emergence of street art.


Banks - kate moss
Shepard Fairy - 2008


Parisian photographer JR, Favela morro da provienda - Rio 2008 


Blu (Italy) and OS Gemeos (Brazil) Lisbon 2010


123 KLAN (France) create logo designs for the likes of Adidas nike.


Paul curtis ( MOOSE) reverse graffiti 


Sam 3 spain, Murricia 2010 all ideas in silhouette - city as a stage


VHILS Amsterdam Red stickers round a natural hole in plaster.


Diva - Brooklyn 


Fafi - France.


Miss Van - sexual


Swoon - Educated artist, Female  


Art of resistance.


Further reading:


Parry willian, 2 010 against the
Graffiti woman

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