15 Facts About Graffiti

Graffiti is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view.

Graffiti has become visualized as a growing urban "problem" for many cities in industrialized nations, spreading from the New York City subway system and Philadelphia in the early 1970s to the rest of the United States and Europe and other world regions.

Graffiti, known as Tacherons, were frequently scratched on Romanesque Scandinavian church walls.

Graffiti depicting people in a boat in the Museum of ancient graffiti, France.

Graffiti have long appeared on building walls, in latrines, railroad boxcars, subways, and bridges.

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Graffiti became associated with the anti-establishment punk rock movement beginning in the 1970s.

Marc Ecko, an urban clothing designer, has been an advocate of graffiti as an art form during this period, stating that "Graffiti is without question the most powerful art movement in recent history and has been a driving inspiration throughout my career.

Graffiti have become a common stepping stone for many members of both the art and design communities in North America and abroad.

Graffiti is a tool of expression in the context of conflict in the region, allowing people to raise their voices politically and socially.

Graffiti still remains the one of four hip hop elements that is not considered "performance art" despite the image of the "singing and dancing star" that sells hip hop culture to the mainstream.

Graffiti has been used as a means of advertising both legally and illegally.

Graffiti as advertising in Haikou, Hainan Province, China, which is an extremely common form of graffiti seen throughout the country.

Graffiti often has a reputation as part of a subculture that rebels against authority, although the considerations of the practitioners often diverge and can relate to a wide range of attitudes.

One early example is the "Graffiti Tunnel" located at the Camperdown Campus of the University of Sydney, which is available for use by any student at the university to tag, advertise, poster, and create "art".

Graffiti databases have increased in the past decade because they allow vandalism incidents to be fully documented against an offender and help the police and prosecution charge and prosecute offenders for multiple counts of vandalism.