How old is graffiti

Instantly taken with his new name, Cornbread felt compelled to share it with the other boys. Cornbread spent day and night hunting for fresh spots, scrawling his newly-acquired moniker on nearly every surface in the YDC. He took to the streets of Philadelphia, joining forces with friends and future graffiti legends like Cool Earl and Kool Klepto Kid to tag walls across the city.

When a local paper mistakenly reported that Cornbread had been killed in a gang shooting, the prideful young writer was determined to prove the legend was still alive. The stunt landed him in jail. But even there, Cornbread claims, his reputation followed him. Armed with magic markers and spray cans, having cut a hole in his jacket that allowed him to hide his hand as he worked, Taki tagged walls, lampposts, hydrants, and subway cars across New York City, carefully choosing the spots he thought were most likely to be noticed.

Like Cornbread before him, Taki soon became obsessed. The first New Yorker to become famous by writing graffiti, Taki would inspire a generation of writers from across the city, just as Cornbread had in Philadelphia. As these stories demonstrate, the early graffiti writers of New York and Philadelphia had a lot in common.

But it was only in the s that galleries began to showcase graffiti as artwork. Today, auctioneers and collectors shell out thousands of dollars for graffiti-style pieces.

And before Marc Ecko and Shepard Fairey were household names designing clothes or Obama campaign posters, they were and still are sometime street artists. But graffiti is, by definition, a defiant and public exhibition. What they might lose is the volume of people who see their work on a daily basis. Support Provided By: Learn more. My quote is from the book Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood. It's on page It says,"Does anybody think that just 'cause I'm not a grownup that I can't see everything clear as day?

We may not understand it all as much,, but we all still know they are there. This quote says that just because we are not adults, it doesn't mean we can't see the economy issues and can't help to do anything to try and help fix them.

Thank you to Wonderopolis for doing research and creating a video and story about graffiti. Doing this gave us a chance to find a quote and write about it to put on the Graff-READ-ti wall outside our classroom.

Team Unger 2 Mar 4, I really don't think that is vandalism, it just a way of showing art to everybody. It makes community look bad, but I think it looks cool. If I did, it would be to show my art that made me awe inside. Team Clark 5 Mar 4, Hi I thought it was very interesting on how graffiti comes from grafiato which means scratched because your basically scratching art into walls and stuff like that.

I also see why most artists stay anonymous because graffiti is vandalism. I chose that because I like the part 'little-brother-style. Team Clark 13 Mar 3, I think graffiti is really cool, but I used to think it was vandalism.

But now I think of it as art. I will always look for it. Graffiti reminds me of the Mural in our school it is nature themed, I think. Tagging is so cool and now I am excited to look for graffiti and tagging. I also liked learning about how graffiti comes from the word graffito which means scratched!!!! Wonderopolis Mar 3, Team Wilch 14 Mar 2, Wonderopolis Mar 2, I have finished the book already, but its words will stay in my heart forever.

Anyway about graffiti, I have always thought that it was always illegal but I guess that you proved me wrong! In my class, we are making a graffiti wall and putting cool quotes on it in cool font, that's why I brought up the quote thing.

Do you have a favorite quote? You don't have to say what it is but I'm wondering if you have one. Team Wilch Team McNeil Mar 2, Team McNeil is also excited about the graffiti video and the learning behind the history of this topic, along with Team Unger! One interesting thing to think about and discuss is the connotation of the word "graffiti! The video about graffiti was neat, and the students liked the art project mural!

We are excited to post comments about our independent reading book. For our class shared reading book, Where the Red Fern Grows, here is a neat line: "I looked to the hillside above our home. There it stood in all its wild beauty, a waving red banner in a carpet of green. It seemed to be saying, 'Good-bye, and don't worry, for I'll be here always. Team McNeil. Wow I had no clue that graffiti was so popular! I can't believe that someone would write their name on something.

Wow, stranger danger! My quote is:"The wind blew strong as we climbed the trail, covering the mesa with sand. Team Clark 2 Mar 2, I found it interesting that Graffiti comes from the italian word "graffiato". Some people have very different perspectives! I really liked the article about graffiti. We are supposed to pick our favorite line from a book we read.

I am not sure what I want to put on yet, though. Thanks for making me wonder! Team Clark 2. Team Unger Mar 2, We wanted to think of ways to have students be able to "lift lines" from books that help them make meaning from the texts they are reading. It's been great to see them really being thoughtful about the lines they lift from their books to put on our 5th grade "Graff-READ-ti" walls outside of our classrooms!

Your information and video about graffiti kept us very interested, and we had a great discussion about the history of it and how it can be a very expressive art form, or an illegal act. Thank you for making us think critically about something to help springboard our thinking about our independent reading! More comments to come! Team Unger. Sorry, I didn't write enough. The graff-READ-ti wall is a literature wall for our favorite pieces of literature. I don't know what I'm going to write.

I never knew that graffiti in italian is graffiati. I didn't know it could be political. I wish they weren't anonymous. I'd like to know who they were. It's cool that you're real people not computers.

Hi wonderopolis, At first I only thought that graffiti was illegal but, now I know that graffiti is a way to show their feelings. I also didn't know that the word graffiti came from the word graffiato.

Also, our class is doing a project called the Graff-read-ti wall. Thanks for giving my this data. I love to draw. Sometimes I do forms of graffiti not on walls , but I only tag. I don't know why they want to stay anonymous. Team Clark 18 Mar 2, Hi I had lots of fun learning about graffiti. I didn't know graffiti came from the Italian word graffiato.

This is what I might put on our classes Graff-Read-ti wall:Rita did not say anything for a while,but eyed Hermione shrewdly,her head a little to one side. Team Clark 15 Mar 1, It was very fun reading about graffiti and its history.

I thought about all the negatives before but now, I think graffiti is illegal, but I also think an interesting piece of art. But I still don't get why people even do graffiti. We have to add a special sentence out of a book that really popped out at you. Team Clark. Team Wilch8 Mar 1, Hi wonderopolis! I responded earlier. I got very very interested in graffiti letters. I think they are a lot of fun and can express your feelings.

I can understand why people would do this, but doing so when it's not legal just doesn't sound smart. Plus, now that I have practiced graffiti letters I can under stand how this is legitimate street art.

Team Wilch 10 Mar 1, I really enjoyed learning about all of the things on the website today. I am really excited for our graff-READ-ti wall. I will get to tag things up there, and it is very exciting, But I think it is vandalism if people do it on trains, or something they know their not suppose to graffiti on.

I also like Murals. I think it is really cool to graffiti, unless you do it illegally. I also think it is cool when people graffiti, and there are anonymous people. The fires at the coal mines belch black smoke in the distance.

Suzanne Collins. It was a lot of fun reading about graffiti. At school where we are doing tagging. I think it's art, not vandalism. We're doing a graff-READ-it wall of graffiti. Team Wilch 15 Mar 1, I really enjoyed learning about graffiti. I didn't know graffiti is Italian word which meaning scratch. We answered lots of questions that we didn't know. I'm exciting about it. Thanks for the information Team Wilch TeamClark23 Mar 1, Learning about Wonderopolis was very interesting and cool!

I always thought it was illegal to even do graffiti. At least now I know about the history of graffiti. I also learned why people do graffiti. Wonderopolis has given me a lot of many different facts and detail that I never knew about. It was shining right on to her pillow. Team Wilch 18 Mar 1, Me and my class were looking at graffiti on your website and we learned quite a bit of information! But there was one question I was thinking about My class is working on this thing called graff "Read" ti wall.

This is the line from my book. By the sand between my toes, By the waves behind my ears, By the sunburn on my noes. It spoke to me because I was at the beach for vacation and that came up. Wonderopolis Mar 1, Team Clark10 Mar 1, Sorry My key board messed everything up! As I was saying, I had fun learning about graffiti. I always thought that people did it for being cool, but now I know that people do it for many reasons.

My cousin does graffiti on paper! Team Wilch 7 Mar 1, Hi I learned a lot about graffiti and how it is illegal and not illegal. I think graffiti is art, but not vandalism. People should ask permission before they graffiti someone's property.

Graffiti is amazing and I love the art in it. Here is a descriptive sentence: The bright green blood poured out of his dragon-like body like a water getting poured out of a glass. I had fun learning about the history of graffiti! I always thought people did it for being cool, but now I know that people sometimes do it for expressing their feelings and as art.

Team Wilch 5 Mar 1, Whenever I heard graffiti, I thought of people writing bad words and sayings. I never thought of it as art. Now that I know this, I will think of it as either art or vandalism.

My quote is: "A lie may hurt but a truth does to but you get better results. Hello Wonderopolis!! I did not know that painting murals was considered graffiti. I did not know that graffiti came from the Italian word graffiato. The trouble was, there was already somebody sitting on it.

Team Wilch 4 Mar 1, You might first off be wondering why so many team Clark and Wilch comments are showing up. It's because our language arts teacher loves your website as do I and wanted us to blog our quotes from stories.

I can't wait to "tag" our wall! I used to think that graffiti was plain juvenile, but then I learned that it isn't always illegal and it shows how artists show their emotions.

One day, I hope to be a artist or writer. I wished I could do my own quotes, but I also love to read! My quote is: "And those tears can from the relization, not the fear. Thanks for listening to me ramble on and on! Team Wilch 16 Mar 1, Our class and I are learning about graffiti right know. We are working on Graff-"Read"-ti wall and we are tagging our lines and name on it. I had fun reading the history of gaffiti! I learned a lot of things about graffiti that I didn't know!

You pretty much taught the lesson! This is what I'm tagging on the Graff-"Read"-ti wall. The creature has purpose,and his eyes are bright with it. Team Clark 22 Mar 1, I think what the kids were doing in the video, were painting a mural not graffiti on their school. What they were doing was probably not illegal because it seemed as though they had permission. It was cool to find out the word "graffiti" came from the latin base "graffiato".

I am tagging the sentence, "I'm probably fatter than you are" from a book called Slob by:Ellen Potter. HI, I learned a lot about graffiti. I learned that some people think that graffiti is a crime and some people think that it's just art. I also learned that graffiti comes from the Italian word graffiato. We are making a Graff read ti in our hall, too. I am tagging,"It was as if everything came loose in Brian at the same time".

This was by Gary Paulsen. Team Clark 11 Mar 1, I thought this wonder was really cool! I think graffiti is like art but in an illegal way sometimes. It depends on the style, if its all sloppy and does not represent something, then it must be intended to be vandalism. But if it looks like a painting or it means something in a way, it must not be intended to be vandalism.

My class is putting together a graff-read-ti wall where we put a line that we like from our book, this is the line I'm doing: Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen:"She was at him like a cat, so fast that she seemed a blur, and yet his mind took it all in". I had so much fun reading about your graffiti segment. You answered all my questions but one, when did graffiti become illegal? I was surprised at where graffiti originated and what it means. The video was really extreme. I never thought that graffiti could be done in so many ways.

It's mind blowing! My class is doing a graffreadi wall. It's where you pick a favorite line from your reading book and tag it on the wall. Here's mine: "at the very bottom of the feudal system was the poor peasant.

Team Wilch 2 Mar 1, My class and I are learning about graffiti. This website gave us a lot of information about it, like it came from an Italian word which means scratched. I also found out that people tag their name or a slogan. This website was put together great.

Team Clark 8 Mar 1, I loved to hear about graffiti. I have learned a lot and hope to learn more. I always thought graffiti was a bad thing, but know it can be art.

We will be tagging it with our new read aloud called Out of my Mind. Team Wilch 9 Mar 1, I learned a lot of stuff about graffiti. Like how it came from a word called graffiato. I thought that it was interesting that gangs use graffiti to mark crimes and places where they have been, but to still keep themselves anonymous.

I also think it's interesting that they use graffiti for politics. I bet that sometimes it gets out of hand. That's probably why it turned illegal. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by any invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter Rowling, from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Team Wilch 9. Team Wilch 19 Mar 1, I really enjoyed learning about the history of graffiti! A lot of my questions were answered except for one of them. My question is how did graffiti start? Thanks for the tip-off. You're the best sister in the world and I'll always be indebted to you.

Team Clark 6 Mar 1, I had a LOT of fun reading the history of graffiti!! I learned a ton of interesting facts like that it is not always just illegal. I thought that all graffiti was illegal, but it is interesting as art too!!!!

I really hope more people see past it being illegal. There is also a bad part of graffiti and now I know that some gangs do it to mark their territory. Team Wilch 13 Mar 1, Hi, I enjoyed learning about graffiti. I understand why graffiti isn't illegal when you ask permission. I also understand why it is illegal when you don't ask for permission because that is just total vandalism.

I think it's not smart when people graffiti, when they don't have permission, even if they're doing it to resemble something. I liked reading the information thank you.

Hinton's book, Tex. Hello At first I thought graffiti was only illegal but when I read the information I found out that it can also be legal,reading the information made me learn so much about graffiti that I never thought about, I really like wonderopolis! Thanks for your information, Team Clark. Team Clark 20 Mar 1, There were so many things from this article about graffiti that I never knew.

I never realized that graffiti could be good in some forms. I always assumed that graffiti was always bad never good. I also learned that graffiti could be used for political reason also. I found this article interesting because I never really take time to look at graffiti and now that I know the history of it I think it will be more interesting to look at. At some university they have a graffiti art wall and that reminds me of our graffreadi wall.

It's a cool wall because its educational graffiti in a way. I am thinking of putting this on the graffreadi wall, it's from my favorite book Out Of My Mind: The rest of my body is sort of like a coat with the buttons done up in the wrong holes. Thanks For the Wonder! Team Clark Team Wilch 11 Mar 1, My class and I are learning about graffiti and your website pretty much taught the lesson! It amazes me how well this site is put together. We are working on our gaff-"read"-ti wall by "tagging" our names and a line from the book we are reading.

I was amazed by the fact on graffiti. I never thought of graffiti being art and not just vandalism. I think that this wonder is very interesting. But at the same time that it began to be regarded as an art form, John Lindsay, the then mayor of New York, declared the first war on graffiti. By the s it became much harder to write on subway trains without being caught, and instead many of the more established graffiti artists began using roofs of buildings or canvases.

The debate over whether graffiti is art or vandalism is still going on. For decades graffiti has been a springboard to international fame for a few. The Frenchman Blek le Rat and the British artist Banksy have achieved international fame by producing complex works with stencils, often making political or humorous points.

Graffiti is now sometimes big business. Many people today think that graffiti is vandalism because of the laws put in place or the representation of graffiti artists being compared as vendalists who are part of a gang, however the majority of people do not see other things.

For me, graffiti is a way to express our feelings, our mood, as we do in drawing, painting etc, Graffiti is also a way to bring a city to life and to replace these facades of factories without life, in a wall of imaginary creation of all genres, filled with different colors and styles, let's no longer see graffiti as a simple district drawing, but as an art, which has the advantage of being able to be practiced everywhere, at the simple exception to respect certain private places or reserved for monuments.

I think graffiti is art more than vandalism. Indeed, it embellishes the streets and develops the artist's creativity. Plus they can convey messages and be very popular by having fun. But they're not paid and it can be very dangerous, even if they're painting in the subway or on trains because of live lines, huge amounts of metal and moving trains. However, I don't understand why it is punished so hard by law jail , I think street artists can express themselves without annoying people.

Gabriel Graffiti is art for me. It carries an idea, a feeling, an emotion, so it's art. Also, it represents freedom and can make cities look more vibrant and attractive. Graffiti is not just letters that you put on a wall to the eyes of people who think it's looking pretty.

It's a whole culture. In some countries, it is also more recognized than in others. There is a moral barrier that must not be crossed. Graffiti can fall under the category of vandalism or "degradation" when it is a casual tag on an old wall that has no meaning, which can create many problems and conflicts.

All right, to start with my opinion about graffiti. To me, graffitialways has been art! During years and years ago, mankind always wanted to exprime him self through writing, speaking and We need to show our feelings and embellish places : Look at the cave of Lascaux, there are beautiful and now, precious.

Why don't people think that street art and graffiti aren't the same type of art?