30 Great Examples of Graffiti Writing and Graffiti Street Art
Written by Gino on 05-21-2008 - 27 Responses
Graffiti writing dates back many centuries, even back to Roman times when art work was scratched in and painted on to walls. In modern time graffiti writing and graffiti street art became much more than just decoration. Graffiti writing became an outlet for political activists to express themselves and also as a way for every day people and artists to express themselves.
It turned decrepit walls into beautiful pieces of artwork and quickly ingrained itself in many subcultures, eventually becoming a world wide art form. Many modern artists have roots in graffiti and the art form has worked its way into many other areas such as graphic design and digital photography.
Graffiti writing and graffiti street art have become one of the most popular subjects for photographers to shoot, as seen below in these 30 great examples.
30 Great Examples of Graffiti Writing and Graffiti Street Art
Toby | May 21st, 2008
Just plain awesomeness…
Pixel Kid | May 21st, 2008
Agreed! Love this kind of stuff!
PinkPetrol | May 21st, 2008
No Banksy?!
David Zobel | May 21st, 2008
I love it!
Anivox | May 21st, 2008
Wow i like graffiti writing number#8.
Kaiserlino | May 21st, 2008
Hey buddy.
Would love to know the authors, if you know them.
If not, as street art is commom. Too bad.
Btw, awesome pics
3dogmama | May 21st, 2008
Forgot how fun and powerful graffiti was until I read and viewed your post.
Phil | May 22nd, 2008
Sweet stuff. When all the bad kids were honing their tagging skills and breakin the law, what was I doing? Studying? Damnit! : )
Mirko | May 22nd, 2008
Wow I usually don’t like graffiti, but this is pretty good. Same comment as PinkPetrol: no Banksy?
Gino | May 22nd, 2008
Hey I’m glad you all liked this inspiration post!
Kaiserlino - Yeah its hard to pinpoint a lot of the authors
Mirko and PinkPetrol - Yeah Banksy is amazing, but I wasn’t really looking for famous people per say, I was just randomly browsing around for stuff that really caught my eye. I just didn’t happen to stumble across any of his work. Maybe in the next post I will include some, because it is great!
mike | May 27th, 2008
that looks amazing
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~tigger~:) | May 29th, 2008
I love ur pic. i been doing graffiti all my life and with out graffiti I have no life!!!!!!!!!:)
Blue Buffalo | May 29th, 2008
Very nice collection! Thanks for posting. Amazing stuff.
John Campbell | June 1st, 2008
Great street art, I submitted your link to designbump.com so others could see/share it.
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laura | June 10th, 2008
great stuff luvin the art work
pickle lover | June 19th, 2008
thats….umm…………wow
Hannah Zimmerman | June 26th, 2008
These are such cool photos. If you are into Urban art and Graffiti you should check out Alexander Austin. He is slowly making a name for himself in KC doing huge wall murals on the side of buildings. The Pitch actually just did a cool article about him, kind of a rags to riches story. Check it out at http://www.pitch.com.
enrique | July 3rd, 2008
really good art nice colors!!!
Atombomb | July 24th, 2008
love it… support artwork of all mediums
TIGZ | July 29th, 2008
FUCKIN GREAT MAN MINT FUCKIN ACE
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movel | August 3rd, 2008
thirty very nice examples.. good work, i really enjoyed your selection..
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bren | August 27th, 2008
thats so tight man…