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graffiti

Inscriptions or drawings carved, scratched, or drawn on public surfaces, such as walls, fences, or public-transport vehicles. Graffiti art rose out of the urban street culture of New York in the 1970s, and was later assimilated into commercial art forms.

Tagging is the act of writing an individual logo on surfaces with spray paint or large felt-tip pens.

The term graffiti is derived from a traditional technique in Italian art (sgraffito) of scratching a design in the thin white plaster on a wall.



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As part of stepped-up efforts to combat gang graffiti, Los Angeles County officials have proposed creating a county-run administrative-hearing panel similar to traffic court that could impose fines on graffiti vandals and their parents.
SWIFT JUSTICE URGED FOR GRAFFITI VANDALS L.A. COUNTY MAY CREATE CIVIL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The versatility of this book is not only its small size (5 1/2" X 4") but also its sections on analyzing gang graffiti, identifying gang members, and understanding gang/group differences, as well as the many sections on the types of gangs spreading across America, such as Bloods, Crips, Folk Nation, People Nation, Latino gangs, prison gangs, Asian gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs, hate groups, occult organizations, and miscellaneous gangs.
Pocketguide to Gangs Across America and Their Symbols by Daily, Detective Wes / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
org/): When I lived in Chicago, I had this fantasy about all the gang graffiti on the walls In the city suddenly being transformed into reproductions of high-art paintings: Botticellis in place of Insane Popes tags; Nude Descending a Staircase in place of the Latin Kings.
Hot list by Van de Walle, Mark / Artforum International
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