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graffiti art

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graffiti art

Art inspired by urban graffiti. Critical and financial interest in graffiti art emerged in the 1970s in New York, with artists and critics seeing graffiti as a direct and genuine expression of urban culture, free of the manipulation of the art market. Leading graffiti artists were Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.

Though its direct inspiration was everyday graffiti, it also drew upon surrealism and the art brut of the French artist Jean Dubuffet. Graffiti art declined rapidly during the 1980s when it was absorbed by commercial art and the New York art market.



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