Graffiti/Street Art

It is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a wall or other surface in a public place. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to wall paintings. The urban graffiti is done by spray cans and evolves around hip hop culture. It is way to communicate but in a unusual way by using streets where thousands of people pass by everyday. It is a great way to show artists artistic side and putting across a message and making yourself visible in a public eye. 

Keith Haring in 1981 sketched his first chalk drawings on black paper and painted plastic, metal and found objects. He has a very naive style. His bold lines, vivid colors, and active figures carry strong messages of life and unity. Jessie J's recent music video for the song Domino, she is wearing in one of the scenes a graffiti style outfit. The background is the same style as well. It shows graffiti style like Keith Haring's work. It is showing the use of graffiti in the fashion aspect through a garment. 

                              

Another street art started in mid 1990's in Paris i.e. mosaic. Mosaic tile which has permanency as it is weatherproof and more difficult to remove than paper/paint. This might create even more vandalism on streets but its a piece of  art in my opinion. The pixel like tiles create an image that has been over exposed. The architectural and geometric shapes is inspiring. At the same time this kind of garments attract me very much. Pixels were the essence of the F/W 2011/12 of Japanese designer Kunihiko Morinaga for the brand Anrealage. The illusion of blurriness these pixels create and being curious about the image is beautiful.