1. Introduction
Street art first made its appearance in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s. It was typically found on the subway train cars and walls of derelict buildings in the form of graffiti texts. In 1970s, it was popularised when youths used it as a form of expression. Street art is fundamentally defined as just visual art created in public spaces and it comes in a variety of styles. The most common form of street art is graffiti texts, which can be often confused with vandalism. Street Art has always been a subject of debate, especially during its introduction in Singapore during the 1980s. The purpose of this paper is to shed some light into street art, and to uncover the often neglected positive perspective of street art to the general public. The paper will focus on the street art in the context of Singapore and the controversial issues faced by street artists in Singapore as well as the governmental support in promoting Singapore.
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Street art in Singapore
In the past, street art in Singapore has been regarded with cynicism, as it is often portrayed as vandalism on the streets that disrupts the uniformity of the area’s atmosphere. Street art has rarely made the headlines of the news other than cases of prosecution against offenders who have crossed the boundary of street art and into the field of vandalism. This causes the lack of awareness and understanding of street art to the public. The Vandalism Act, which criminalises vandalism on public properties, has prevented the existence of graffiti outside the circle of commissioned works. (Vandalism Act, 1966)
In the recent years, more organisations have been making attempts to develop it. Social Creatives Ltd is an organisation aimed at forming a bridge between community arts and commercial arts through mural arts, a form of street art.
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Should graffiti be considered as art Graffiti isn’t just some type of vandalism to private property in others eyes it can be considered as art. Graffiti art has been here since prehistoric times it give insight on the cultures and civilization before our times. According to, Greg Eickmier writes, “humans for thousands of years have made works of art in public spaces. Whether or not these works communicate understandable messages.”
“They were not liked because they took pieces of coal and they drew pictures upon the walls, and they were pictures which made men laugh. But it is only our brothers in the Home of the Artists who are permitted to draw pictures, so International 4-8818 were sent to the Home of the Street Sweepers, like ourselves” (Rand 29-30). These people are punished and ignored. Their talents are not acknowledged, but instead wasted as Street Sweepers. They say “doctors cannot cure Solidarity 9-6347” (Rand 47).
Street Art is absolutely everywhere, and that statement is only a little hyperbolic. Countless cities across America all feature similar calling cards and stickers on the walls of skyscrapers or on the backs of street signs. From the sprawling cities of New York and Los Angles to smaller metropolitan areas like Charlotte or Charleston, no matter how different the city is, all anyone needs to do is look on the side of a telephone pole or the back of a crossing light to see dozens of stickers made by countless artist. To me, however, one sticker has always stood out and greeted me in each city, and it has always perplexed me. It’s a sticker of the wrestler Andre the Giant, and I always wondered what the point of the sticker was.
Whether you want to be working at McDonalds or working only 40 hours a week. I see the graffiti as motivation to be in a better place than where you started. It can be the driving factor that helps you to reach your goals and more. Being able to live a life where you are content with what you have achieved. Furthermore, ultimately you can reach your desired
Entry 8: Study Guide Domestic Labour Is yard bombing art or vandalism? When I first saw the yard bombing images it reminded me of graffiti. Yard bombing and graffiti also share the similarities in that they both can appear to be vandalism. Last month in the metro there was an article complaining about this large graphic picture of rapper Drake that was on the side of a building he owned. He thought it was art while others thought it was graffiti and an eye sore.
Student Name: Shornaiter Richards Student Identification Number: AC1207313 Course Number & Title: AR300 Art History Assignment Number & Title: AR300C Assignment 08 Date of Submission: 26/08/2015 Assignment: Part A 1. Read the following article and analyze the expert’s opinion that art can be a generator of “identity” for a community, and examine what is meant by the statement that “public art ‘humanizes’ cities.” Haley, C. (2014, Mar 14).
Support: However, it becomes a crime when you put that "art" on someone else's property. “I have a message for the graffiti vandals out there - your freedom of expression ends where my property begins!” said BBC NEWS’ Peter Vallone Support: So we can fix this by trying to be more accepting of people’s art. In the U.S, we are pretty accepting even putting up spaces for people’s art.
“No Trespassing.” It’s a message that we’ve all seen before, on street signs and on fences, but that most of us stopped considering as part of our daily lives. These signs just sort of blend into the background, no more noticeable than a crack in the sidewalk or a plain, solid-colored exterior wall. On the ordinary brown-painted brick backside of a bar in San Francisco’s Mission District, a bold, red No Trespassing sign is the center of a piece of thought-provoking street art. Below and to the right of the sign are some run-of-the-mill graffiti tags: pale yellow spray paint forming illegible words marking the territory of a gang or juvenile delinquent.
Graffiti is considered an art form and is becoming more popular all over the world. This type of artwork has transformed into “a more legitimate form of art through artists like Banksy, who has had his
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Graffiti is considered to be drawings,paintings in a public place graffiti is illegal because most people think it is criminal mischief because it may diminish the appearance of our community. Everyone
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This research was carried out not to only show awareness toward the society but also why people should take art seriously. Often times, we can see lots of people debating whether art is important or not. This happened because the lack of exposure and knowledge that has been taught to them. Art can help to shape the society and affect the society to broaden their view of perspective in life by referring on the artworks because each work of art can give different meanings to life.