STREET ART
Art or Vandalism?
The History of
American Graffiti:
From Subway to
Gallery
IMAGES OF STREET
ART: TYPES THAT
(PROBABLY) WON’T
GET YOU ARRESTED
I
Graffiti
TAG
Lines; an artist’s
signature; simplest and
most prevalent type of
graffiti.
Tag
THROW-UP
Easy and quick design, usually an outline
and filled color like bubble letters. Many
artists will have a Tag and a Throw-up in
order to have a recognizable logo;
sometimes these are done quickly and then
the artist leaves before noticed (or getting
caught.)
Throw-Up
TAG AND THROW-UP
An Example of Tag and Throw-Up
"Distillery (400700006)" by phogel from Germany - distilleryUploaded by Vux.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distillery_(400700006).jpg#mediavie
wer/File:Distillery_(400700006).jpg
PIECE
Short for masterpiece; a complex
painting using many colors, 3D
effects, lines, arrows; very labor
intensive; takes a long time to do.
Piece
Piece
Piece
Piece
WILDSTYLE
Letters and numbers interlocking;
very stylized and complicated,
almost impossible to read for
people who are unfamiliar with it;
often 3D elements
WILDSTYLE
Wildstyle in Los Angeles by RIME
"Rime msk graffiti lariver-mod" by http://www.flickr.com/people/24293932@N00/ http://www.Flickr.com/photos/24293932@N00/1698682932/. Licensed under Creative
Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rime_msk_graffiti_larivermod.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Rime_msk_graffiti_lariver-mod.jpg
Wildstyle in San Francisco by APEX
San francisco graffiti01" by http://www.flickr.com/people/gypsyrock/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gypsyrock/3028544015/. Licensed under Creative Commons
Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_francisco_graffiti01.jpg#mediaviewer/File:San_
francisco_graffiti01.jpg
II
STENCIL
Designs are cut out of a medium
such as paper and then the design
or image is transferred to a surface
using spray paint or rolled paint;
stencils are easily duplicated
Stencil
Stencil
Stencil
III
MURAL
A mural is any piece of artwork
painted or applied directly on a
wall, ceiling or other large
permanent surface.
Mural
Mural
MURAL
Mural
Mural
IV
PASTE UP
A drawing, stencil, etc., on paper
fixed to a wall or other surface
using an adhesive mixture such as
wheatpaste or wallpaper paste
.
PASTE UP
Sticker
PASTE UP
Sticker
Sticker
V
OTHER TYPES
• Yarn Bombing
• Reverse Graffiti
• Legal Walls
YARN BOMBING
YARN BOMBING
YARN BOMBING
YARN BOMBING
Reverse Graffiti
Reverse Graffiti
Reverse Graffiti
LEGAL WALL
Sometimes called, “Permission Walls,”
give artists a space to paint and is a
way of controlling unwanted graffiti.
They help get graffiti lovers off the
private properties of fences, walls, etc,
making it legal to paint here.
VI
3D STREET ART
Street Art (Pavement Art, Street
Art, and Sidewalk Art)
Creating artistic designs on streets, sidewalks,
and town squares with impermanent and
semi-permanent materials such as chalk.
3D
3D
3D Street Art Must Be Viewed from
the Correct Angle
View From Correct Angle
View from Wrong Angle
Lego Army, Chalk Festival Sarasota 2011, Leon Keer, Street Artist
• Examples of 3D Street Art
• How is it done?
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