graffiti art
Spray-painted public murals
Graffiti art is visual art created in public spaces, typically without permission—spray-painted murals, stylized lettering, and images on walls, trains, or bridges.
The term distinguishes work with artistic intent or skill from mere vandalism or tagging, though the line is contested: What the city calls vandalism, collectors call graffiti art.
Some graffiti artists have crossed into galleries and museums.
- throw-upEjected stomach contents
- bubble lettersRounded, inflated-looking script
- street artIllicit public murals
- muralsLarge wall paintings
- wheatpasteStarch-based adhesive
whole car · buff · stencil · aerosol · spraypaint · spray can · fat cap · burner · bombing · train yard · crew · piece · writer · masterpiece · fresco · tagging · subway · walls
- urban photographystreet photography, street scenes, urban scenes, city landmarks, night photography
- 1980s AmericaRonald Reagan, Reagan, Iran-Contra, Contras, Sandinistas
- Dissentprotest art, civil disobedience, dissidents, protest songs, protest poetry
- political artpropaganda art, political posters, political murals, protest art, agitprop
- barriobodega, corner store, stoop, farmacia, taqueria
- artsartist, creativity, expression, songs, painting
graffiti artclassical art
Ancient Greek and Roman works
neoclassical art · Renaissance painting · Renaissance art · Old Masters · Beaux-Arts
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