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  2. Graffiti - Wikipedia

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    The developments of graffiti art which took place in art galleries and colleges as well as "on the street" or "underground", contributed to the resurfacing in the 1990s of a far more overtly politicized art form in the subvertising, culture jamming, or tactical media movements. These movements or styles tend to classify the artists by their ...

  3. Calligraffiti - Wikipedia

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    Calligraffiti is an art form that combines calligraphy, typography, and graffiti. It can be classified as either abstract expressionism or abstract vandalism. It is defined as a visual art that integrates letters into compositions that attempt to communicate a broader message through writing that has been aesthetically altered to move beyond ...

  4. Graffiti in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A heavily tagged subway car in New York City in 1973. By the mid-1970s, most standards had been set in graffiti writing and culture. The heaviest "bombing" in U.S. history took place in this period, partially because of the economic restraints on New York City, which limited its ability to combat this art form with graffiti removal programs or transit maintenance.

  5. Urban art - Wikipedia

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    Urban art combines street art, guerrilla art, and graffiti and is often used to summarize all visual art forms arising in urban areas, being inspired by urban architecture or present urban lifestyle. Because the urban arts are characterized by existing in the public space, they are often viewed as vandalism and destruction of private property.

  6. Taggers seen in action at graffiti-covered L.A. skyscraper ...

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    Taggers have graffitied at least 27 floors of a partially completed downtown Los Angeles skyscraper this week, right across from L.A. Live and the red carpet for Sunday's Grammy Awards.

  7. Column: Vandalism or street art? What the graffiti-tagged ...

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    The colorful graffiti that adorns an abandoned skyscraper in downtown L.A. is, depending on who you ask, petty vandalism that plagues the city or vibrant street art that enriches.

  8. Street art - Wikipedia

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    It has been associated with the terms "independent art", "post-graffiti", "neo-graffiti" and guerrilla art. [2] Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graffiti into a more commercial form of art, as one of the main differences now lies with the messaging. Street art is often meant to provoke thought rather than rejection among ...

  9. Famed Fresno sculpture that survived fire and graffiti has ...

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    Notable Clement Renzi art pieces in Fresno The timeline for when “A Day in the Park” will be installed at Storyland is still being worked out, said City Attorney Andrew Janz. “Renzi’s art ...