Ross School - Senior Projects 2012
Student: Antony Benjamin Straus
Mentor: Todd French
Domain(s):
Faculty Grader: Therese Lichtenstein
Documentation of Product
Title: Graffiti As Arts
Description:
My original project was to create a website that would show how graffiti went
from an illegal form of art to an accepted form of art that would be seen in art
museums and collections. In order to do this I needed to gather a lot of
information so that I could backup my claims
I planed to tell the story of the history of graffiti from Banksy’s point of view
as well as other artist’s point of views. I have documented Banksy’s graffiti from
its inception until present time. My hope is that the viewers come away with a
new insight into the life or artistic element of graffiti.
Final conclusion about graffiti is that it is art ( due to the fact that you can see it in
museums and galleries around the world means that it meets the criteria of being
art, such as Graffiti expresses an underlying social and political message and
genre of artistic expression.
As well as the artistic medium.
Details:
(Add your presentation PowerPoint if you used one)
Exhibition & Presentation Summary
Coming up with an idea to start working on
Talking to people about my subject and getting ideas
Following my interest in art
Research
Second round of research
Putting together my research
Making an outline for my paper
Going through my paper and editing it (over 5 times)
My final conclusion was that Graffiti is Art
Bibliography or Works Consulted
Works Cited Page
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^ "Marc Ecko Hosts "Getting Up" Block Party For NYC Graffiti,
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