Born in "underground"

The last century on behalf of the sixties to the eighties in New York, is full of anti-culture, tradition and taste. Gradually marginalized in the slums, the number of young people in the same anti-discrimination, anti-war, anti-sexual repression of the thought. It originated in this graffiti on the edge of society.

Rif claims is "the first generation of graffiti artists," he started from the 10-year-old graffiti on the study, first on paper, and then the walls of the lanes to practice before the subway train on the "write." In this small group of people, the only technique to achieve the "highest level" in order to draw people in on the movement of the train compartments. Speaking of the graffiti now, Rif tone in a lot of disdain: "Now a lot of people can only be referred to as' graffiti were 'simply not artists." Graffiti with a significant "underground" signs everywhere with canned spray paint can buy, so a large number of graffiti works from the last century, the beginning of the seventies in New York wantonly spread to from the train station platform, from the corner of the wall to the toilet wall, almost "all-pervasive." "World Encyclopedia" wrote: " 'graffiti' often write in public toilets, the walls of public buildings, or park on the stone; some words and phrases not health; sometimes people just write the name, but also on the nature , there are many political slogans. "a theorist of modern art is graffiti commented:"78 on behalf of the last century is the brilliant period of graffiti art. It's the rise of African-American folk art is not only the vent, but also that times oppressed masses of the ethnic groups and classes of psychological catharsis. Therefore, on the surface, it has very strong colors of rebellion, and the tendency to give vent to free style, and even some anti-tradition, the spirit of anti-social. "

Most of the early graffiti artists who are neither professional nor is it art students, they are mostly street children, in their view, the graffiti itself is a rebel to authority. However, such acts will soon be caused by the media, the mainstream of art and even the concern of society as a whole, graffiti writing has also gradually reduced, in turn replaced by a large fine images. School graffiti artists have been gradually attracting this creative mode, graffiti Deng was gradually turned into one of the mainstream art form.

Popular culture and boosters

Since the "incorporation" that day on, the graffiti art has become a propaganda tool of the mainstream. Response should be regarded as the fastest fashion industry, from big-name luxury jeans to sneakers, and almost all the graffiti, "a close contact." "Cross" the wave of popular few years, a lot of graffiti and big master homeopathy to design highly personalized introduced products, the market favored well.

"Punk godmother" Westwood fashion line in her bold use of graffiti had designs of the brand personality to the extreme; Marc Jacobs, LV, invited designers to design "graffiti handbags" the result of abnormal selling. The price of this big on a lot of money, and "big + graffiti" is a combination of creating a "more expensive the more popular" miracle of the market.

Role in the market-driven, sometimes graffiti artists will be holding a "star." Robin Banks, the self-proclaimed "art terrorist", but this does not preclude him from across the UK to become the most influential figures of the arts community. Banks keep a low profile is the most prominent feature is still said to no one knows the true face of Fairbanks, and even his father did not know Banks is his own son. Banks covered a wide range of works covered, coupled with a low-key mystery of personality, a quick public, his works also quickly jumped from 150 pounds to tens of thousands of pounds a piece.

Under the "other"

Every year, the New York city to clean graffiti organizations thousands of locations in the clean-up nearly 2,000 square feet of graffiti; and each year the New York Police Department arrested the "graffiti elements" there are hundreds of people. Not only enrich the cultural life of New York, Portland, even such as the "Garden City", the city government's annual budget for graffiti clean-up to reach the two million U.S. dollars is huge.

"Graffiti" has become an international topic of controversy. In Europe, despite the tacit approval of many countries in the creative acts of graffiti artists, but the graffiti that the economic losses caused by acts of the government is still overwhelmed. German Ministry of the Interior, has complained that the graffiti artists to Germany each year caused by the loss of billions of euros, and they "cost" is the value of a can of spray paint a few dozen euros. In order to eradicate the proliferation of graffiti, the German government even used the high-tech means, let the police with a helicopter equipped with infrared cameras, night-time to enable them to hunt down more quickly and effectively, "graffiti artists."

Is the artistic creation or destruction of the environment? For acts of graffiti, people's views rather than consensus. Although banned in Germany random graffiti, but the former Berlin Wall is the world's longest "graffiti wall" (3.5 meters high, 166 kilometers long). Fashion industry is also changing the living conditions of graffiti, was printed on a commercial brand, the graffiti is no longer a "free society without order of appearance" and has become the trend of the propulsion wind vane.

"Graffiti" (graffiti), Italian is the intent of "write without basis", but then been used to write graffiti on walls or painted images. Graffiti has been born half a century, despite the introduction of the domestic late, but as a popular part of street culture, or rapid in the young people it was accepted. However, as an art form, born in "underground" but the graffiti has not been able to truly become part of mainstream culture, the world almost every year in the removal of graffiti on all kinds of expensive and is therefore the view was expressed that so-called "graffiti" In fact, But is a city and visual pollution.

Chinese graffiti on the road

Seven is the early exposure to one of the graffiti after graduation working in Tianjin, as a result of the relationship between the number of enthusiasts have set up one way or another, "ABS CREW", the team from the Bohai Sea region several major well-known graffiti team members, can be is powerful alliances.
According to Seven, the team's three key members of the graffiti have to do in Tianjin and Shijiazhuang, three have come from, we have had the idea of the formation of the team. HIP-HOP culture as the four elements (other rap, street ball and hip-hop), one of the latest graffiti in China started a decade ago with the influx of HIP-HOP domestic boom. "Despite the graffiti than the cultural development of Europe and the United States is not a small gap, but the development of the domestic routes graffiti is still healthy, there is no relationship between gangs. Domestic do graffiti are and designers, and therefore can be regarded as a new art forms. "

Seven and his team members are almost all obsessed with graffiti in the university during the period, but then fans yet domestic graffiti is rare (even now, the domestic graffiti enthusiasts together but also the scale of hundred), a lot of people is by imitating works abroad a little bit of graffiti has grown up. Seven said that graffiti is still difficult in China as a means of livelihood, "or go online graffiti commercial lines, either on the choice of 'underground'. The advantage is that the former through the graffiti was a certain degree of income, but only if it is necessary to lay down their own creative philosophy; the latter can adhere to their own ideas, but can not feed themselves by graffiti. "
Even the choice of commercial channels, like this graffiti Seven or lovers, there are many problems, "such as how to coordinate between business and the idea of graffiti gap, and some businesses that provide a venue for free is a great potential , but those who never have to pay graffiti on how to complete a work. "

Daren Basquiat graffiti

For the graffiti or graffiti enthusiasts know the history of some of the people, "Daren" appears insufficient to describe the Jean-Michel Basquiat in the status of graffiti art. We only know that when he spent in the world only 27 young people in the Spring and Autumn works on display in Shanghai, the exhibition of these works to insure the 90 million U.S. dollars.

Basquiat to join the graffiti and not a very long time, only 10 years - but a genius is enough to burst a decade the most dazzling light. Although steeped in traditional arts at a young age, but after the divorce of their parents Basquiat started running away from home frequently, and thus became acquainted with the graffiti artists - the latter of the largest Basquiat "help" not in the arts, but he contracted a drug addiction. The sixties of the last century, "Beat Generation" is the United States the prevalence of young Basquiat and his partner throughout the day with a piece of chalk or spray cans to create, to avoid the police brandishing batons.

In 1977, some signed "Samo" graffiti attention, which also includes Harry - Another well-known graffiti artists. He will soon find that these works come from the hands of Basquiat , "he said of the difference lies in the fact that other people will give vent to graffiti as a tool to describe his work as a serious, and like a traditional painting as sign their name. "very quickly, chasing" Samo "The police turned into a businessman holding money in one called" Times Square Show, "group show of graffiti art, he come to the fore," he works there is a clear and concise, and powerful, stirring, and with him the times things closely. "
Although from the streets, but Basquiat, who sounds like a little "fortune" and forget the post, "his studio only a simple television sets and beds, the floor is the art history books and pictures, paintings hang over the walls. "With the rising fame, the drug is increasingly eroding the physical and psychological genius. Andy Warhol shot news of the death of Basquiat is another heavy blow, since he had played a secluded life, rarely create new works. August 12, 1988, Basquiat , was found dead in his apartment, the heroin overdose claimed his life. Today, works Basquiat regular tour around the world, the market for " Basquiat " The words also buy, auction prices are usually no less than six million U.S. dollars.

As a staunch supporter of the most Basquiat , collectors Baatz convinced that: "If it were not untimely death, his reputation will be even more loud ... ...Basquiat there is a grass-roots spirit, his vision and his thinking is not confined to country and his age, he is a life experience as well as the creators, but also has maintained its character of casual. "

2009-5-7