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    Subway Art History

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    history of the underground art movement known by many names‚ most commonly graffiti begins in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania during the mid to late 60’s‚ and started with bombing. The writers who are credited with the first effort are CORNBREAD and COOL EARL. They wrote their names all over the city gaining attention from the community and the local press. Then the movement made way to New York City where the teenagers would write graffiti on the subways. It is unclear whether this concept made way to New York

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    Banksy

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    knows much about him. All we know is his real name might be Robert Banks or Robin Gunningham and he was born in Bristol‚ but what we do know Banksy is an anonymous England based graffiti artist‚ film director and painter. He is known for his sarcastic street art and subversive fun combine cheekiness with dark humor with graffiti done in a distinctive stenciling technique. Such artistic works of political and social commentary have been featured on streets‚ walls‚ and bridges of cities throughout the

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    Banksy

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    born in Bristol. Some sources say the well known but anonymous graffiti artist was expelled from school and some says he left school at 16 .Some even say he was trained to be a butcher but they are all rumours. What makes him really unique is as Brad Pitt says "He does all this and he stays anonymous. I think that’s great. These days everyone is trying to be famous. But he has anonymity” Banksy’s street graffiti career began aged 14. He started as a free hander but‚ unable to draw

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    Artist Reflection on Banksy

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    | |Banksy’s use of “graffiti” materials‚ spray paint and a public wall defines his way of thumbing his nose at government‚ politics‚ | | |and the world in general. I would argue that “graffiti” or street art is a cause of disagreement among the public. As I see it‚ | | |many graffiti artists are talented and clever‚ but so many are considered mere “gang taggers”. The Urban Dictionary coins a tagger | | |as “a mostly derogatory term for an inexperienced graffiti writer; or used as a

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    collaborate‚ organize and display a collection of artworks. As art is any expression of human creativity‚ its presence is not strictly to art galleries and is evidently present in the world around us in the forms of photographs‚ the internet or even in graffiti as well as the traditional forms; painting and sculpture. Banksy uses public places as his main form of ‘gallery’ and this makes his artworks easily seen by the public‚ he has also had many exhibitions in galleries of works he has done on canvas

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    are reporting that they are being robbed of important personal belongings as laptops‚ iPads‚ mobiles... Vandalism Vandalism in our college is a problem that takes many forms‚ including destroying property‚ setting off fire alarms and writing graffiti on the walls and in the toilets. Many factors‚ such as peer pressure and hostility toward the school‚ contribute to this type of violence‚ and these behaviors are often increased by heavy drinking and drugs taking. It is well known that alcohol/drugs

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    break-dancing was “a way of expressing how the music sounds”. It was also a form of physical competition and displaying a style of dance as a form of ritual warfare. Over the years b-boy and b-girls (break-dancers)‚ emcees (rappers)‚ deejays‚ and graffiti artists (spray-painters) all came together

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    Beat Street

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    early 1980s; breakdancing‚ DJing‚ and graffiti. Set in the South Bronx‚ the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends‚ all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip-hop culture. Kenny Kirkland (Guy Davis) is a budding disc jockey and MC‚ and his younger brother Lee (Robert Taylor) is a hardcore b-boy who dances with Beat Street Breakers (the New York City Breakers). Kenny’s best friends are Ramon (Jon Chardiet)‚ a graffiti artist known by his tag‚ "Ramo"‚ and

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    Artwork Review

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    photographic work of Horst and an inquiry into the development of the female corset over the past century. There is also some reference to plastic surgery related to this theme. Other themes represented include oriental footwear (from China) and political graffiti (Banksy). There is a fairly consistent relationship between the investigative studies and the studio work. The student presents and describes art from different cultures and times‚ and sometimes considers it for its function and significance. The

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    Junot Diaz Treflection

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    to be very effective. What I found most interesting though‚ is how he compared writing to an art form which says the stuff people don’t want to hear. As he was talking about this topic‚ I couldn’t help but compare his style of writing to that of graffiti art. He holds a rebellious attitude towards society that makes his writing appealing. Attending this reading taught me much about the topic of learning by making mistakes. My whole life‚ I’ve been raised

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