Portal:Graffiti/Intro

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Graffiti and Street art are graphics applied to publicly viewable surfaces. When done without the property owner's consent, graffiti is a form of vandalism and are punishable by law in most countries. Graffiti and Street art includes traditional graffiti artwork, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, and street installations. This form of contemporary art is heavily influenced by elements of Graffiti such as: Anti-war, Hip-Hop culture, anarchism, Television and Movies, Feminism and Anti-consumerism.

Graffiti consists of a variety of styles. The simplest is the "tag" which is a signature of the graffiti artist. Each artist's tag is unique.Other styles are bubble (round graffiti letters) or freestyle (a combination of different letter types). Each graffiti crew has a personal style. Its main motivation is protest. Although many people consider graffiti vandalism, it is also a non-conventional form of art.