Kassandra Morales English 1010 Paper 2 10/26/14 Graffiti art People argue back and forth for years about graffiti art intensely. But it is art through illegal vandalism Graffiti is still art. The artwork on graffiti is brought out wrongly from different point of views. The complexities of the different forms of artwork used are used in many different ways. Graffiti has a certain ‘appeal’ to many people. It gives an unknown person a chance to speak through art. The textures and shadowing they
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Next‚ graffiti is acknowledged by many people and it causes no harm to people. The first place that graffiti receives acknowledgement from is other graffiti writers. In “Documenting Illegal Art: Collaborative Software‚ Online Environment and New York City’s 1970s and 1980s Graffiti Art Movement” by Rachel Masilamani‚ she talked about the social movement of graffiti. She wrote‚ “At its heart‚ graffiti is about documenting presence; it is a way of saying ‘I was here‚’ but up until the early 1970s writers
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To understand counter-hegemony one must first all have a clue what hegemony is. Well‚ according to Gramsci (1971)‚ hegemony is that cultural leadership that is usually exercised by the ruling class. In this essence‚ the dominants order is sustained by the intellectuals. This is done by popularizing and creating a world view to convince the oppressed that their live in subordination arena is inevitable‚ just and appropriate. So with that idea‚ counter-hegemony can be explained as that attempt to dismantle
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Consider the characters of Stanley‚ Blanche and Stella and their behaviours in Scene 1. Using your own words‚ describe whether you think is reinforcing or challenging hegemony in “A Streetcar Named Desire”. I think Tennessee Williams is not challenging hegemony in the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” and it’s maintaining the cultural and social topics of the time. To start off‚ the characters of Stella‚ Stanley and Blanche are showing prejudices and discrimination by their actions‚ behaviour
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to release a film in the early 1970’s‚ just before all this would change. George Lucas did just that‚ with his 1973‚ released of the nostalgic move American Graffiti. Classic custom cars‚ friendship‚ and fear of what the future holds are classic interplays between social and cultural tensions in American Graffiti. In the film American Graffiti‚ George Lucas sets out to make a nostalgic film‚ which would play into his own life‚ and what was on everyone else’s mind at that time in society (Dewitt 47-50)
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various tools on any makeshift canvas they can find. The word that we use to identify this so-called art is graffiti and I believe that graffiti is somewhat of an epidemic. Graffiti has been around since the times of ancient Egypt and it doesn’t look like it’s going to disappear anytime soon. Graffiti can be used in many different ways depending on which country you’re in. Since graffiti has been around since the times of ancient Egypt‚ ancient Greece‚ and the Roman Empire‚ it has spread all over
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What is graffiti? Could it be that it is gang related? Well no it’s not graffiti is a special kind of art that people do. These people are talented‚ some do it to express themselves and show their feeling out to the world. Gang members tag which is a big difference from graffiti. Graffiti is art and people have the right to do it if they want to. One morning you can pass by a plain white wall and the next morning or later in the afternoon it can be painted with beautiful colors and a nice picture
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Consumerism‚ corruption‚ and the corporate hegemony To live on the earth‚ for survival‚ we must consume foods‚ essential products or services. Nothing is wrong in it and this is not consumerism. In fact‚ the working definition of consumerism is the consumption of products or services for fulfilling the artificial demands created in the human psyche. In the myth of consumerism‚ by consuming products and services the individual perceives that eventually he/she will be gratified and integrated. Unfortunately
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Would you ever expect to see graffiti in the woods? My sisters and I went on a walk in the woods by our house. We walked in the woods and smelled the strong scent of sap dangling from the pine trees. I knew that we would see some animals on our walk in the woods. I looked to my left and saw some deer roaming in the cornfield with a few bunnies next to them. We kept walking and we saw a giant cement wall with tons of graffiti . It was so cool looking at the graffiti art on that wall because it had
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A problem that arises when a a person sees graffiti is to question whether it is art or vandalism. Graffiti is a form of art‚ but is also viewed as a form of vandalism by almost everyone. Depending on the medium in which the painting is performed on‚ the answer to the question will vary. The overall community of graffiti artists’ canvas is on private and public property‚ in which causes it to be illegal art. Removal of graffiti costs billions of dollars and gets to be pretty expensive for cities
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