Tag: Graffiti

Jardin de les Tres Xemeneies, or garden of three chimneys, is, as described by many online: the most urban of urban parks in Barcelona. After all, it’s also commonly referred to as Graffiti Park Barcelona. Named after the three chimneys still present from the old La Canadenca power plant, J...

The streets, utility poles, and back alleys of large urban centers in most big cities are epicenters for all manner of graffiti and street art. Predictably this activity engenders lots of responses. Notwithstanding the longstanding desire by property owners, ghost buffers, and moral entrepre...

Street art and graffiti, born from the grassroots of urban landscapes, have evolved into powerful forms of self-expression, social commentary, and cultural identity. Into the dynamic world of street art and graffiti, exploring their history, impact, and significance in contemporary society. Street a...

When you think of Jordan, ancient archaeological wonders, stunning deserts, and the historical city of Petra might come to mind. However, there’s another side to Jordan that’s equally captivating but often overlooked: its thriving graffiti scene. Graffiti in Jordan is a canvas of express...

Art is a powerful medium that can challenge societal norms and provoke thought. Graffiti, in particular, has gained significant recognition in recent years, with prominent street artists like Banksy captivating audiences worldwide. Banksy, known for his anonymous identity and politically charged art...

Oftentimes our creativity and fantasies would spill out of our minds and onto an ordinary wall that was in dire need of decoration. The prospect of spray painting our neon dreams for the general public to see was challenging, mostly because we were so worried about getting caught. The key was pre...

A Brief Background: Banksy is a street artist whose identity is still unknown. Allegations say he was born in Bristol, England in 1974. Banksy started his artwork or what is also acknowledged as vandalism in the early 1990s. It later became viewed as a kind of art. His artwork started off as a gr...

When graffiti meets the minimum requirements for copyright protection it should be protected despite its illegality. Copyright should be neutral towards works created by illegal means. Because copyright should only be concerned with the immaterial work, the artist’s material transgressions sho...

The Mural Mile is a mile-long riverfront flood wall in St. Louis known as the Graffiti Wall. It showcases more than 250 graffiti artists from all over and is quite a neat thing to see. Photo by author. It is just down the road from the Gateway Arch National Park on some back streets t...

The benefits of art for well-being and mental health are well documented. But does this stretch to graffiti and street art? Recently,  Mary Chang Story Writer  published a series of pieces showing graffiti and street art from around the world in her Six-Word Photo Story&nbs...

I loved Bratislava and if I’m being perfectly honest, I’d rather return to Bratislava than Prague. Prague is just too, you know, touristy. Charles Bridge is standing room only, day and night. I’m not one for crowds even before the pandemic. The door to my apartment was not stree...

We have been curating a directory of legal graffiti spots for over 10 years now. Reminiscing about our journeys around the world, there are some places that clearly stood out. This is a tribute to the most iconic walls we know. Some have great importance to the graffiti culture and helped ...

Take a step from the busy street into a concrete alleyway, the traffic noises are suddenly muted by the buildings. And instead of the expected gray drab underworld, the alley bursts with color, energy, and creativity wherever you look. Bombed with color and creativity —  Darren ...

Jardin de les Tres Xemeneies, or garden of three chimneys, is, as described by many online: the most urban of urban parks in Barcelona. After all, it’s also commonly referred to as Graffiti Park Barcelona. Named after the three chimneys still present from the old La Canadenca power plant, J...

Graffiti and street art has a longstanding connection with political and social issues. Not only do we see this kind of activity proliferate when controversial issues are contested in urban public spaces, but we typically witness graffiti and street art when a grass roots social ...

Over the past half century, not only has there been an increase in the amount and types of graffiti and street art appearing in large urban centers, but so too has attention paid to this type of urban public art. One of dominant questions, however, that pervades this activity is why do ...

Graffiti is all around us. We can see it in places as common as a park bench, or on a larger scale in cities and places like Philadelphia that are known for their beautiful murals and street art. With graffiti, sometimes the lines between vandalism and a work of art are blurred. Yet, regardless of t...

A little tour around the city and it is almost impossible to miss the big yellow tower and the unique architecture of the Groninger Museum. Nowadays it is even harder to pass by without noticing the familiar faces looking down on you from the museum’s walls. They are portraits of over 200 Gron...

Provocative, uncompromising or appealing, graffiti divides. If in certain regions graffiti artists are given support, in others, they are still considered as people painting illegally on private and public properties. In Vancouver, graffiti artists are feeling restrained as free space for expressing...

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In graffiti subcultures, painting over another writer’s work is akin to crossing the picket line — you just don’t do it. Unless you’re German artist duo Layer Cake, that is. Graffiti veterans Patrick Hartl and Christian Hundertmark of Layer Cake break this unspoken ru...