GRAFFITI IN THE PRESENT-DAY CITY
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Graffiti is a specific phenomenon of the modern city originating from social upheavals and economic inequality as a movement of protest. As a practice, graffiti goes down into the ancient times as a means of information-intensive wall paintings and a system of alerts in the criminal environment of the US cities; later it converted into the criminal entertainment for the urban youth. Availability of high-quality paints, felt-tip pens, aerosols has contributed to the rapid development of this kind of street art, and it has a global scale now. In Russia, there is a movement of Martinez (graffiti writers) that emerged in the aftermath of disintegration of the USSR and further painful economic reforms in the country. Graffiti as an art has reached certain aesthetic heights, while as a social phenomenon it personifies both spiritual and moral degradation of the urban community. The author considers potential prospects of its legalization and consolidation with the mainstream art.
DOI: 10.22227/1997-0935.2013.4.14- 21
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