Street Art developed in public spaces and includes a variety of forms and techniques. The wheat pasting, sticker bombing, stencil graffiti, outdoor screenings and installations, the use of mixed techniques, counterfeit road signs contained in what we call in a word today, street art.
Graffiti is certainly the great representative of Street Art. The word Graffiti, appeared as a guest in the 19th century and comes from the Italian word “graffiato” (scratched). First it was used by archaeologists as Raffaele Garucci in the discovery of inscriptions and figures on the ruins of the catacombs of Rome and Pompeii, trying to separate this phenomenon from other forms of art. Graffiti is associated in some cases with the social and political conditions of the period. A good example would be that in 1960 during the “revolution” of students in America with the slogan “Ôhe Will have their Say”, the walls of the country's comments were filled with poetry and political messages. In the Graffiti had acquired new techniques and had flooded the New York subway. The “tagging” (signature) is spreading rapidly with the strong influence of the Hip Hop culture and markers are replaced by efficient spray playing with volumes and colors and creating the illusion of depth. Then graffiti was officially banned and cities were almost automatically turned into a battleground between rebellious “young revolutionaries” and authorities. In 1972, the student of sociology Martinez Hugo founded the Graffiti Association United in an effort the graffiti to be acknowledged as an art form but although the organization attempted to expose in galleries, the art world was indifferent. Some years later however some gallery in New York decided to exhibit works and some collectors and museums bought a very small number. In the 1980s the graffiti evolved, using colorful letters, displaying fantasy characters or characters from comics, like imaginary landscapes by adopting a different style from each artist, thus declaring a cultural and artistic ambition
Graffiti is certainly the great representative of Street Art. The word Graffiti, appeared as a guest in the 19th century and comes from the Italian word “graffiato” (scratched). First it was used by archaeologists as Raffaele Garucci in the discovery of inscriptions and figures on the ruins of the catacombs of Rome and Pompeii, trying to separate this phenomenon from other forms of art. Graffiti is associated in some cases with the social and political conditions of the period. A good example would be that in 1960 during the “revolution” of students in America with the slogan “Ôhe Will have their Say”, the walls of the country's comments were filled with poetry and political messages. In the Graffiti had acquired new techniques and had flooded the New York subway. The “tagging” (signature) is spreading rapidly with the strong influence of the Hip Hop culture and markers are replaced by efficient spray playing with volumes and colors and creating the illusion of depth. Then graffiti was officially banned and cities were almost automatically turned into a battleground between rebellious “young revolutionaries” and authorities. In 1972, the student of sociology Martinez Hugo founded the Graffiti Association United in an effort the graffiti to be acknowledged as an art form but although the organization attempted to expose in galleries, the art world was indifferent. Some years later however some gallery in New York decided to exhibit works and some collectors and museums bought a very small number. In the 1980s the graffiti evolved, using colorful letters, displaying fantasy characters or characters from comics, like imaginary landscapes by adopting a different style from each artist, thus declaring a cultural and artistic ambition
