Street Art And Murals Of Los Angeles

Many times it's the people of the city who are the ones to destroy them; Romero’s vandalized mural “Going to the Olympics, 1984” can be an example of the carelessness of hooligans who ruined the mural with graffiti. Romero’s painting was covered with a protective coat by the state; this was a wrong way to respond to the situation because it made it seem as if the mural never existed. In my school we have a beautiful mural of Gandhi that we are represented by because of the famous quote “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” This mural has been vandalized by graffiti because of the immaturity of our younger students, this mural was a beautiful addition to our school's appearance but with the carelessness it has been tarnished. In the article “End is near for some LA freeway murals due to graffiti” by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez“ it was said that “After years of graffiti tagging and futile restoration attempts, some observers say the end is near for dozens of Los Angeles’ once-glorious freeway murals.” Murals are losing the fight; Los Angeles has gone too long without recognizing the helplessness of these works. The city had a reasonable argument for the covering of freeway murals, they wanted to stop the abuse they were receiving from vandalism and have the art remembered in its beautiful state

In Frank Romero's mural, he shows us some aspects on what to see in LA. He shows us how many of the people in LA use cars in their everyday life. This is a part of them if they like it or not. This gives us an image on what we see and do in LA.

     Public art conquers so much more than the simple task of making the street a little easier to look at. It involves those who created it, those who supplied the means to create it, and those whose lives it continues to impact. Wall paintings in particular take an important role in working for a greater good. Judith F. Baca, a Hispanic-American woman and artist- activist has contributed an unaccountable amount to the mural movement in Los Angeles. She has accomplished this by giving individuals the chance to create art and develop a sense of pride, she has taught younger generations a respect for their ethnic identity, and from the many walks of life that continue to view her

1.Street Art is visual created in public. In many places street art is considered to be illegal but in other places people and government services pay commission for them to express their feeing in the world or anything else.

Out of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties is a 320 page art history book. The book was written by William Hackman and published in 2015 by Other Press. William Hackman was a longtime arts journalist and former managing editor for publics affairs at the J. Paul Getty Trust. Prior to being an editor, he was a reporter for Time Magazine reporting primarily arts & entertainment, education, and business stories. Hackman was well versed in the subject of art and considered a well-known authority on the subject. His work has appeared in major American newspapers and magazines, including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.

A mural is more than just a painting on the wall. Murals bring together a sense of community and make the city a more welcoming place. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word mural means a painting or other work of art that is directly executed on to a wall. In many aspects, murals originated from graffiti, which comes from the Latin word graffio, meaning scratching or scribbling. Mural Arts programs are popping up in cities across the nation. However, I decided to focus on two cities that were closer to home for me. I focused my research on Newark and Asbury Park, New Jersey, in comparison to Philadelphia, PA. All of which, are cities that are not the nicest, but with the help of murals are becoming more welcoming places.

Street art is progressively increasing as a forbidding magnet to charm tourists to the Bronx. People are taking benefit of the worldwide interest in street art and its strong origins as a Bronx art form, and expecting that this overpowers what Maruri named the “world-wide problem” of a bad image that the area still fights with.

Even though Downtown Danville may seem lifeless and dull at times, there is actually a large street art scene. Murals are scattered throughout the area on old stores and parking garages. I feel as though these murals bring color to the dull brick buildings, and seem to clean up the area so that it seems less decrepit. Many of the buildings seem to be as though they were brought back to life thanks to the art that now decorates their boring walls.

The art that cities choose to include in both their art galleries and on their streets characterize how the city wants to be represented. Chicago has an array of art galleries and street art which can be predominantly found downtown. One of

Street art is a form of untraditional art that recently began in the 1960’s. Due to the rise of the counterculture movements of the 60’s, this form of art has risen in popularity too. Being in a gallery has a different kind of tone than crafting work outside, because of the constraints that galleries put on the artist. When creating the work on the streets, the constraints are lifted which allow the artist to do what they want. The artist has the ability to do anything from political satire to creating a tag name that symbolizes them. Street art, for the nontraditional artist, allows one to explore who they are rather than conform to who they were taught to be in school. Traditional street art is created for everyone to see and is normally

Have you ever walked down the street and seen graffiti? What did you think? Graffiti has been a hot topic lately. The city of Seattle is currently debating if graffiti is vandalism, or art. Graffiti is not art it is vandalism. It is often done on private property, it's against the law, and it lowers the property values and sends the message that people of the community are not concerned about the appearance of their property.

Public graffiti is a form of expression for those for do not have a strong voice to do so. Graffiti and street art is often debated over being a true art form; however, this form of art can be a means for social change, protest and expression. The Webster dictionary describes art as “something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings.” Most graffiti artist strive for just that. An example of a person trying to spread their message through graffiti is a woman activist named Shamsia Hassani. Hassani often travels to Afghanistan, a country plagued with wars, to paint murals and graffiti on buildings about women’s rights. Hassani’s goal is to change the view of the city by using

Graffiti can be found everywhere and anywhere. It is a way for people to express themselves and be creative in a public manner. It shows how passionate and talented they can be when it comes to drawing or tagging and have it displayed as a piece of art for everyone to see. Graffiti goes way back to the ancient times and is now very well known in the modern days which makes more and more people interested and fascinated by them. It can be used in different types of ways. Many artists can either spray paint, carve, paste, or stencil them on a surface. From how we see them today they are usually images of random cartoons, big bubbly letters, vintage black and whites or inspirational quotes. Virtually anything colorful or not and big that can be easily spotted. Graffiti is more superior to be known as art than vandalism because it is a self expressing act. People need to be open minded about the images they see and look at the message behind it or else they will immediately criticize and say it is vandalizing property.

Finally, graffiti should be considered art because it is broadcasted and showcased basically everywhere you go. Whether you are walking home next to the train station and see a box car all inked up, or you look to the side of your local malls, graffiti is there. It is a way that underground artists get their work recognized and attention. Even if the attention is negative, the impact that these artists leave is there for everyone to see. Hate it or love it, these artists put time and effort into these pieces like any other

Graffiti has put a major impact on the way people look at their everyday life. It was not used so much here in the United States but was used overseas. Overseas, graffiti, or street art, was used or played as a sport, just like baseball is Americas sport. There are different laws that are put over there than what there are here. They can get away with some of the things that they paint or make over there. If we tried some of that type of work over here, we would get in trouble and possibly serve time for vandalizing someone else’s property. There are many biased outlooks on graffiti, but it should be considered art in all places because of all the time, effort, and design the artist put into their work.