Answering Questions ①

Like Azusa, I would also like to anwer to 15 questions I have posted earlier on this blog. Some of the questions are quite difficult so I am not sure if I could really find the answer, but I would like to try my best.


1)Why do graffiti artists paint on walls and not on the canvas?


I was always very curious why they had to paint on walls. I've made a research and found out that they do it for different reasons. Some people are motivated by strong feelings such as angers towards the society and they wand to show it towards people. Some feel isolated and want themselves to be recognized by someone. I think it really depends between each artists but I realized that graffiti artists that got famous often had some kind of message in their works, such as political message. So I think the main reason for this question is that because they have something they want to tell.



2) Are there any famous graffiti artist?


There are. I was surprised to find out how the styles of graffiti differ within each artists. I would like to introduce three of the famous.


First is Banksy. He is one of the most well-known graffiti artists in the world, yet not much is revealed of him. He is believed to have been born in Bristol and mainly works in London. His work is often political themed. He also has sneaked in to famous museums such as British museum, and displayed his work without any permission. From these acts and his art style he is sometimes called “art terrorist”. I felt that his work is different from any other graffiti artists. Message hidden in is piece drags peoples hearts and I think that is why it is loved by many people. 

Second is Invader. He is a French graffiti artist born in 1969. He took his name from the game "Space Invader" and his work is strongly inspired by it. His work is seen in many different countries from his home country France to China.  He started to draw these because he wanted to "bring the virtual world into reality". His work is all very cute and it was different from what I thought graffiti would look like before the research.

Lastly,  Claw Money. I chose her because I was interested in the fact that she was a female graffiti artist. She began writing graffiti in New York. She is deeply influenced by other graffiti artists such as Dondy, Sharp and Revolt. After she became famous for her works she used her graffiti style and made her own fashion label Claw&Company. She now works as an designer. Compared with the two artists above, I thought her works is the most typical graffiti. I like how she uses the colour.

It was very interesting looking at different graffiti artists and I loved all three of them's art style. It was fun to research.



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"GRAFFITI Everywhere." Anti Social Graffiti. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 June 2016.

Biography.com Editors. "Banksy." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 23 June 2016.

"About Space Invader - Artist Biography." N.p., 2012. Web. 23 June 2016.

"Claw Money." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Apr. 2016. Web. 23 June 2016.