Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Action painting-joOx
Jackson Pollock
Gotta have to see how he paints to really feel the energy of his works
Gotta have to see how he paints to really feel the energy of his works
Friday, May 1, 2009
Kinds and Styles of Graffiti (Serene)
Kinds and Styles of Graffiti
KINDS OF GRAFFITI
1. Tagging
- The first graffiti created. Tag is a writer’s signature, his nickname written in one colour.
2. Bombing
- Usually painted on transport at a rapid pace. Quantity in bombing is more important in quality.
3. Writing
- paintings of different styles made by writers on the walls
4. Scratching (scrabbing)
- Equally with tagging, scratching is one of the graffiti additions. It is made on the windows in transport with a grindstone.
STYLES
1. Throw up
- It is the simplest graffiti style used by bombers for whom speed of implementation is more important than quality. The style is characterized by the curved lines of letters painted out from inside with a certain colour.The most important condition is the contrast of colours.
2. Blockbusters
- Big and wide letters written only in one colour.
3. Dynamic styles: includes:
-Wild Style
a very difficult for reading style. important not only to chose the contours in a right way but also to mix colours correctly.
-Computer Roc Style
All letters are separate and look like different fragments turned at a certain angle; creates an effect of kaleidoscope.
-Messiah Style
The letters seem to be written on separate sheets of paper imposed on each other. The style is somehow aggressive, and at the same time is rather gentle.
-Military style
Different colours and letters are combined in a fantastic manner. It is a dynamic and emotional style.
-Gentle dynamic style
connected with military style but its more gentle.
4. Electrical style
is the next after the wild style according to the level of complication. It is some kind of reflection of the writer’s craftsmanship. Painting graffiti of this style, one can create new directions.
5. FX (Daim style, 3D)
three-dimensional letter images.
6. Character
Caricatures and commixes. Here appears a frame with the personage’s speech, typical of all commixes. Writers, possessing artistic skills, prefer this style of graffiti.
7. Bubble
All letters look like soap-bubbles, ready to burst. Two or three colours are used in this style.
KINDS OF GRAFFITI
1. Tagging
- The first graffiti created. Tag is a writer’s signature, his nickname written in one colour.
2. Bombing
- Usually painted on transport at a rapid pace. Quantity in bombing is more important in quality.
3. Writing
- paintings of different styles made by writers on the walls
4. Scratching (scrabbing)
- Equally with tagging, scratching is one of the graffiti additions. It is made on the windows in transport with a grindstone.
STYLES
1. Throw up
- It is the simplest graffiti style used by bombers for whom speed of implementation is more important than quality. The style is characterized by the curved lines of letters painted out from inside with a certain colour.The most important condition is the contrast of colours.
2. Blockbusters
- Big and wide letters written only in one colour.
3. Dynamic styles: includes:
-Wild Style
a very difficult for reading style. important not only to chose the contours in a right way but also to mix colours correctly.
-Computer Roc Style
All letters are separate and look like different fragments turned at a certain angle; creates an effect of kaleidoscope.
-Messiah Style
The letters seem to be written on separate sheets of paper imposed on each other. The style is somehow aggressive, and at the same time is rather gentle.
-Military style
Different colours and letters are combined in a fantastic manner. It is a dynamic and emotional style.
-Gentle dynamic style
connected with military style but its more gentle.
4. Electrical style
is the next after the wild style according to the level of complication. It is some kind of reflection of the writer’s craftsmanship. Painting graffiti of this style, one can create new directions.
5. FX (Daim style, 3D)
three-dimensional letter images.
6. Character
Caricatures and commixes. Here appears a frame with the personage’s speech, typical of all commixes. Writers, possessing artistic skills, prefer this style of graffiti.
7. Bubble
All letters look like soap-bubbles, ready to burst. Two or three colours are used in this style.
How Graffiti change through time. (Serene)
ok, this is gonna be a long post.
Firstly, what is Graffiti?
Its is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property.
and its sometimes regard as a form of art but yet sometimes its regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted.
-Graffiti comes from the Italian word 'graffito' (engraving) and the Greek word grapha (write).
30,000 B.C.E.
first appeared back in the form of prehistoric cave paintings and pictographs using tools such as animal bones and pigments
1st century B.C. to the 4th century A.D
There is the Safaitic language which is a form of proto-Arabic came from graffiti.They are inscriptions scratched on to the surface of rocks and boulders in the predominantly basalt desert of southern Syria, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia.
-first known example of "modern style" graffiti as a form of an advertisement for prostitution in the ancient Greek city of Ephesus (in modern-day Turkey)
-Ancient graffiti displayed phrases of love declarations, political rhetoric, and simple words of thought
-evolved as the common people began to feel displeased with their governments or the state of the world.
-After War World II,people began to scribble different phrases to show their dissatisfaction with the war and its outcome.
1960's
-hippie-culture and the student protests began to grow
-some political activists began to draw and write messages to protest against the goverment
Years 1969-1974: the pioneering era of streetart
-streetart underwent a change in style in popularity in Europe and U.S.
-associated with the anti-governmental punk rock movement; bands and artists were widely writing/stencilling their names and pictures and famous phrases upon house facades.
-In New York City (NYC), different street gangs draw their gang name and logos by using tagging all over town;to mark out the gangs territory
During 1970s
-hip hop culture took up the trend. Graffiti is recognized as a visual expression of rap music, just as breakdancing is viewed as a physical expression.
-tags are shaped into graffiti; became like a form of drawing rather than words or phrases.
-Their point was to "get up", i.e. to draw as much as possible all over town in order to get famous by other artists.
-They began to break into subway yards in order to hit as many trains as they could with a lower risk, often creating larger elaborate pieces of art along the subway car sides
-Tag has grown in complexity and creativity as well as size and scale.
-many artists had begun to increase letter size and line thickness, as well as outlining their tags. This gave birth to the so-called 'masterpiece' or 'piece' in 1972.
-a man named Hugo Martinez formed the society United Graffiti Artists (UGA).
- consisted of many top graffiti artists of the time; aimed to present graffiti in an art gallery setting
1974, the end of the pioneering time
-graffiti artists had begun to incorporate the use of scenery and cartoon characters into their work.
-At the same time, streetart was shaped.
-Streetart was the part of graffiti that wasn't created solely by the gangs in NYC, but by others as well, and it wasn't only placed in the undergrounds but on open spaces such as advertisement boards.
-The new type wasn't fully accepted by the old graffiti-artists, and today there are a drawn boundary between graffiti and streetart as to motives and performance.
Interesting fact:
-In Sweden, Street Art is classified as Vandalism.
About 20 years ago, graffiti and art drawn on walls was seen as something new and exciting.
-Sweden had no experience of graffiti, and the phenomenon was looked upon with mild enthusiasm by the social authorities.
-Street art today in sweden has come to represent destructiveness and even malice.
-Graffiti is looked upon as something hostile that threatens the establishment; the act of spraying becomes associated with violence by the media
Firstly, what is Graffiti?
Its is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property.
and its sometimes regard as a form of art but yet sometimes its regarded as unsightly damage or unwanted.
-Graffiti comes from the Italian word 'graffito' (engraving) and the Greek word grapha (write).
30,000 B.C.E.
first appeared back in the form of prehistoric cave paintings and pictographs using tools such as animal bones and pigments
1st century B.C. to the 4th century A.D
There is the Safaitic language which is a form of proto-Arabic came from graffiti.They are inscriptions scratched on to the surface of rocks and boulders in the predominantly basalt desert of southern Syria, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia.
-first known example of "modern style" graffiti as a form of an advertisement for prostitution in the ancient Greek city of Ephesus (in modern-day Turkey)
-Ancient graffiti displayed phrases of love declarations, political rhetoric, and simple words of thought
-evolved as the common people began to feel displeased with their governments or the state of the world.
-After War World II,people began to scribble different phrases to show their dissatisfaction with the war and its outcome.
1960's
-hippie-culture and the student protests began to grow
-some political activists began to draw and write messages to protest against the goverment
Years 1969-1974: the pioneering era of streetart
-streetart underwent a change in style in popularity in Europe and U.S.
-associated with the anti-governmental punk rock movement; bands and artists were widely writing/stencilling their names and pictures and famous phrases upon house facades.
-In New York City (NYC), different street gangs draw their gang name and logos by using tagging all over town;to mark out the gangs territory
During 1970s
-hip hop culture took up the trend. Graffiti is recognized as a visual expression of rap music, just as breakdancing is viewed as a physical expression.
-tags are shaped into graffiti; became like a form of drawing rather than words or phrases.
-Their point was to "get up", i.e. to draw as much as possible all over town in order to get famous by other artists.
-They began to break into subway yards in order to hit as many trains as they could with a lower risk, often creating larger elaborate pieces of art along the subway car sides
-Tag has grown in complexity and creativity as well as size and scale.
-many artists had begun to increase letter size and line thickness, as well as outlining their tags. This gave birth to the so-called 'masterpiece' or 'piece' in 1972.
-a man named Hugo Martinez formed the society United Graffiti Artists (UGA).
- consisted of many top graffiti artists of the time; aimed to present graffiti in an art gallery setting
1974, the end of the pioneering time
-graffiti artists had begun to incorporate the use of scenery and cartoon characters into their work.
-At the same time, streetart was shaped.
-Streetart was the part of graffiti that wasn't created solely by the gangs in NYC, but by others as well, and it wasn't only placed in the undergrounds but on open spaces such as advertisement boards.
-The new type wasn't fully accepted by the old graffiti-artists, and today there are a drawn boundary between graffiti and streetart as to motives and performance.
Interesting fact:
-In Sweden, Street Art is classified as Vandalism.
About 20 years ago, graffiti and art drawn on walls was seen as something new and exciting.
-Sweden had no experience of graffiti, and the phenomenon was looked upon with mild enthusiasm by the social authorities.
-Street art today in sweden has come to represent destructiveness and even malice.
-Graffiti is looked upon as something hostile that threatens the establishment; the act of spraying becomes associated with violence by the media
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