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I'm really excited about the "graffiti" assignment which is coming up. In looking for inspiration, I went online to find signs around Columbia. Granted these are just pictures I found online, I am looking forward to creating graffiti out of words that are available to us.

























Since I was looking into graffiti, I decided to find out more about the history of graffiti. I've always thought of graffiti as an art form for rebels. People who were trying to make a statement and didn't care about breaking the law (it is illegal is some or even most cities as far as I know).

On http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/subcult/grafitti/culture/Birth_and_Evolution.htm, I found information about the history of graffiti.
Apparently, "urban" graffiti", the kind we are most used to seeing, started in New York in the 1960's with spraycans on subway trains by someone called Taki 183. He used markers to write his name at subway stations and inside/outside subway cars. Others started emulating him and the movement was borne. Go to the website if you want to learn more.

Here are a few samples of Taki 183's work.