Calligraffiti is an art form that combines calligraphy, typography, and graffiti.
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15 Facts About Calligraffiti
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Calligraffiti's defined calligraffiti as the use of "script of ordinary writing where the work is composed of the artist's personalised handwriting within a modern composition.
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Calligraffiti is distinguished from other styles of calligraphic art in that it has no rules and artists require no formal training.
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Calligraffiti artists are not confined to the use of actual letters.
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Calligraffiti has emerged quite forcefully in the Middle East in recent years, particularly in the wake of the Arab uprisings.
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Calligraffiti is a logical evolution of the two art forms coexisting in the same space.
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Calligraffiti has been a way for artists in the Middle East to reclaim the region while still staying grounded in their culture and tradition.
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Calligraffiti is an urban art as much as it is a gallery art, and as such it has served as a tool to reclaim public spaces and impose the will and opinion of the people.
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Calligraffiti's says "My compositions touch upon issues that we currently face in Egypt whether that's related to politics, religion or society".
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Calligraffiti's purpose was to create hope in Tunisia; that the people of the country could rediscover something positive and be proud of their culture in the midst of political turmoil.
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Calligraffiti's calligraffiti is meant to portray the city in a positive light, repair social ties and breathe life into a broken society.
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Calligraffiti has been a way for all of these artists to try and better the communities they live in.
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Calligraffiti says his style developed from his struggle to fit in; the feeling that while he was not French, he was not fully Tunisian either.
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Calligraffiti is a relatively new term and graffiti is still taboo in parts of the Middle East and Asia, and as a result many calligraffiti artists are anonymous or rely on pseudonyms.
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