Graffiti (also spelled graffity or graffiti) is a graffiti-graffiti on the wall using a composition of color, line, shape, and volume to write the word, symbol, or a particular sentence. The tools used in the present usually spray paint cans. Prior to spray paint available, graffiti is generally made with paint strokes using a brush or chalk.
History
Habit of painting on the wall stems from primitive man as a way of communicating the hunt. At this time, grafitty used as a means of mysticism and spirituality to evoke the spirit of hunting.
The development of ancient Egyptian art at the time also showed activity of paint on the walls of the pyramid. This painting is another natural communicate encountered a pharaoh (Pharaoh) after mummified.
Activities graffiti as a means of showing discontent started in Roman times with evidence of satire against the government of paintings on the walls of the building. This painting was found in the ruins of Pompeii. While in Rome itself used as a propaganda tool to discredit the followers of Christianity which at that time prohibited the emperor.
Graffiti in the modern era
The existence of social classes are separated too far caused difficulties for certain groups of society to express his artistic activities. As a result some individuals using the facilities available in almost all cities, namely the wall.
Arts education are less frequent causes objects to appear in graffiti in the form of writings or password that only understood a particular class. Usually this work showed dissatisfaction toward the social circumstances they find themselves.
Although graffiti is generally destructive and cause high maintenance costs cleanliness of the city, but the graffiti remains the artistic expression that should be respected. There are so many famous artists who began his career of graffiti activity.
Function Graffiti
* Language secret groups.
* Means expression of social discontent against the state.
* Facility rebellion.
* Means expression of fear of political and social conditions.
Law
In development, the graffiti around the 70s in America and Europe finally penetrated into the urban area as a group identity that flourished in urban areas. Because the image is less good, graffiti already become a scourge for the security of the city. The reason is because it is considered to provoke a war between a group or gang. Besides conducted at an empty wall, graffiti is often made in the wall of the underground railway.
In the United States alone, every state already has its own regulations to curb graffiti. San Diego, California, New York already have laws that specify that graffiti is illegal. To identify the pattern making, graffiti was divided into two types.
Gang Graffiti
That is graffiti that functions as the identification of regional power in writing the name of the alley, alley combined, the members of the gang, or writing about what happened in the alley.
Tagging Graffiti That type of graffiti is often used to fame a person or group. More and more graffiti of this type scattered, then the terkenallah name of the maker. Therefore this type of graffiti or tagging require the signature of the maker or his bomber. Such work responsibilities.
