Graffiti
writing or drawing etched, scratched, scribbled, or sprayed (often, but not always illicitly) on a wall or other surface in a public place | |||
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Subclass of | street art, work, vandalism, inscription, two-dimensional visual artwork | ||
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Historical graffiti[edit]
Ancient graffiti possibly showing John the Baptist.
Engraving of the graffito "Kilroy" on the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.. Kilroy was a popular graffito among American G.I.s during the Second World War.
Graffiti presumably inscribed by Viking mercenaries on the second floor of the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul.
Simple writings[edit]
in Wien
in Jakarta
Graffiti tag in an old wall, Chile
in Częstochowa (CHWDP is acronym for vulgar chuj w dupę policji - fuck the police in ass)
On the monument to a Francoist general in Santoña, Spain.
Cathedral of St.Gallen, reflected in a window, graffiti
"Give Peas a Chance" painted on a railway bridge in London became a popular landmark
Elaborate paintings[edit]
Motor Lublin football club graffiti in Lublin, Poland.
Graffiti piece in Bratislava, Slovakia
Graffiti piece in Bratislava, Slovakia
in Hamburg
Forum de Barcelona
In London, UK.
in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Stadthaus Böcklerpark at Landwehrkanal
Graffiti Panorama Rome
Graffiti in Prato
Street art in Warsaw
Piece of a snake placing graffiti, Katwijk
Graffiti in Luhansk
Graffiti in Luhansk
Graffiti in Luhansk
An example of giraffiti or heavens in Sydney
Graffiti in Sevilla, Spain
A highly decorative graffiti in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil
Stencil graffiti[edit]
See also Category:Stencil graffiti, Banksy and John Fekner
Sticker & wheatpaste graffiti[edit]
Street art in Vancouver
Street art - stickers in Tabasco, México
Street art - stickers in Tabasco, México
Street art stickers (Querétaro, México)
Street art stickers (Querétaro, México)
Football graffiti[edit]
Graffiti in Montevideo, Uruguay
Graffiti in Montevideo, Uruguay
Ideological graffiti[edit]
Graffiti in Montevideo
Graffiti in Essen
in London
in New York
Lausanne: "La croissance est une folie" ("growth is madness")
Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val d'Oise, France. The city mayor's name is mocked after an anti-graffiti program
at the EPFL for the 20th anniversary of Tchernobyl
Genève, crise du logement, 2007
Independentist graffiti in Catalonia.
The Berlin wall has become a Mecca for graffiti writers. Featured here is an image of Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker making out. The words at the top read "God! help me stay alive." Image taken in 2005.
The plaque on Mary Brogger's Haymarket Riot|Haymarket memorial in Chicago. Note the seal of the City of Chicago has been painted over with Anarchist symbols.
The Haymarket memorial in Forest Park, Illinois, vandalized with Anarchist messages.
The Rabin memorial in Rabin Square. The inscription says: "At this place Yitzhak Rabin was murdered in the struggle for Peace. The largest graffito reads: "(we are) sorry"
Emma Goldmans vandalized grave in German Waldheim Cemetery.
Graffiti inside the ruins of the Reichstag after World War 2.
Berlin Wall with graffiti
Graffiti next to paradox by Erich Fried
Watch-tower in Alt-Treptow
Berlin Wall memorial (Potsdamer Platz)
Graffiti artists in action[edit]
Graffiti art party San Diego, USA.
Graffiti artist in Bucharest, Romania
Protester in New York, USA.
Graffiti Wettbewerb Dortmund 2000
Graffiti Wettbewerb Dortmund 2000
Graffiti Wettbewerb Dortmund 2000
Graffiti artists in Genova
Graffiti artist in Brasilia
Miscellaneous[edit]
A few photos demonstrating how graffiti "lives" – in popular graffiti spots, works get painted over with new works frequently:
emphasing the concrete texture
A sometimes wet and wild location in nature, here the Wall of Hall of Fame in Marburg