Context of Practice.: LECTURE 3 - GRAFFITI/STREET ART

20th/21st century graffiti

Caves at Lascaux, France
-Drawings and paintings on a cave walls from the Paleothilic peliod
-Everyday things, hunting, livestock etc
-Wasn't an act of "rebellion", more sort of communal
-Scratched with animal bones, natural pigments

Ancient Rome Graffiti
- From Pompeii graffiti on wall
- Was destroyed in 79AD by Mount Vesuvius, "vandal graffiti" like how nowadays they do woz ere

Caricature of a politician

Kilroy Was here -> WWII memorial in DC

UK slogan "wot no..." making light on shortage of food.

PARIS, MAY '68

We are the power -> nouse sommes le pouvior

Civin unrest inspiring cultural/creative material. movement of DIY posters, book published by Marc Rohan Paris '68

URBAN GRAFFITI

1970's New York

->evolves alongside hip hop culture - saying "we will not be ignored"

->State of New York, "the big apple", the rebrand

JON NAAR, PHOTOGRAPHER, 1973

Kind of sympathetic, Doesn't document in judgemental way but more of a fly on the wall way. Quote from "becoming a graffiti photographer" - John Naar

..."were a cry to change the ghetto."

*Jean-Michel Basquiat - 60's

SAME - SAME-OH

was shortened from 'same old shit'

while students, Basquiat+Diaz started to put up the first SAMO (c) graffiti in Manhattan. Ironic use of the (c) symbol. Classing is as "art"/ownership.

"a pin drops like a pungent odor"

1979 - SAMO IS 'DEAD'

NEO EXPRESSIONIST PAINTING

Basquiat moved style to paintings - "untitled 1982"

Dated Madonna for a while

Died of a heroine overdose at age 27

WARHOL+BASQUIAT

-General Electric with waiter, 1984 > critique of capitalism

Warhol collab'd with Basquiat in later life

KEITH HARING, RADIANT BABY 1990

-use of bright colour

-thick outlines

In 1981, sketched chalk on black paper and painted plastic, metal and found objects

1984, Listed DZ and painted murals in melbourne

adding black and white ad design ON TOP of advert seamlessly

POPSHOP

Selling t-shirts, toys, posters, bearing his signature images

celebrity hangout

"breaking down barriers between high and low art" - Keith Haring

*John Fekner, Broken Promises, 1980

-stencilled phrases on disused buildings

-referring to shortages and difficulties at the time

*Jenny Holzer, Time Square Show, 1980

LCD in times square

"abuse of power comes as no surprise" political, wanting to be heard?

VIDEO GAME CULTURE

-Berlin Wall

-Comments on lack of availability of brands+tech in the Eastern Block

TATS CRU, 1997 for Coca Cola

-Devaluing effect on graffiti, not being used in the way it was orginnaly intended to be used. Now used commercially and for the 'big evil brands'

BOMB THE WORLD (2004) PS2

JET SET RADIO

freedom of expression outlawed in Tokyo

TAGGING IN GTA:SA

*INVADER

-french artist, born 1969

-first mosaic in mid 90's Paris

-Mosaic >more permanency, weatherproof and difficult to remove.

pixil like

the 'invasion' spreads first across France and then 22 countries worldwide

Conceptual elements. Points on a map form a Space Invader. Inviting you to come and look at the work physically, looking through the city kinda as his characters.

STREET ART

Banksy - kate moss