Graffiti: art or vandalism

art vandalism?or

BarCampCanberra 201119th March 2011, ANU

@RuthEllison

Ugly graffiti in Milan by Jackie Kever, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs2.0 Generic licence

van·dal·ism1. deliberately mischievous or malicious

destruction or damage of property:

vandalism of public buildings.

2. willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or

literary treasures.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vandalism

artthe quality, production, expression, or

realm, according to aesthetic principles, of

what is beautiful, appealing, or of more

than ordinary significance.

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/art

WHIMSICAL

Banksy Girl Balloon by NeverLeaveLondon, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence

IMG_0855 by Ruth Ellison, artist: Stormie Mills

FUNNY

Source: Ruth Ellison

http://swick.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/10-examples-of-funny-graffiti/

MAKING THE BORING

INTERESTING

Skipping Girl Graffiti by zoomar, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic licence

Sydney Street Art, robot by Ruth Ellison

Banksy by Klara Kim, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence

CLEVER USE OF SPACES

Peek-a-boo! Street Art, Fitzroy, Melbourne by Ruth Ellison

Banksy by Shayne Kaye available under a Creative Commons Attribution2.0 Generic licence Banksy by Greg Marshall, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence

Banksy Looters 29Sept08 by Infrogmation, available under a Creative Commons Attribution2.0 Generic licence

POLITICAL MESSAGES

Crayon boy by Banksy, http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/outusa/horizontal_1.htm

West Bank

Source: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FLs7qz-WGnA/THOLwBi_0hI/AAAAAAAACsE/FYurw_Ya6SQ/s1600/banksy+hole.jpg

Source: http://mishunderstanding.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/banksy-431.jpg

http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/14122010_banksy/banksy_13.jpg

I love

Range & styles of expression

Depth of meaning

Fleeting, transient

Layers upon layers upon layers....

art vandalism?or

More?

Check out my street art collectionhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/laruth/collections/72157624131868283/

Canberra graffiti artists – E.L.K., Bryd

Ruth Ellison

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.ruthellison.com

@RuthEllison

Find this presentation at www.slideshare.net/ruthellison

Image sources: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernhart/1574355646/ , http://randaclay.com/freebies/free-twitter-graphics/