We’ve all seen it. On telephone booths. In subway tunnels. Sprawled across street signs. Such a phenomenon seems almost inescapable. Since its explosion in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won commercial success for its artists and earned a legitimate presence in pop culture and the contemporary art world. […]
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Feature: life, loss, and the letters BORF writes to your children
Posted by: nakedraygun | September 28, 2014 | No Comment |
under: Comm 455
Tags: "the man", Art, borf, change, children, crime, culture, culture jamming, DC, defacement, graffiti, identity, influence, John Tsombikos, life, mainstream, Media., public property, society, street art, sumbliminal, tagging, the government, the system
Tags: "the man", Art, borf, change, children, crime, culture, culture jamming, DC, defacement, graffiti, identity, influence, John Tsombikos, life, mainstream, Media., public property, society, street art, sumbliminal, tagging, the government, the system
The Death of Marat: A Symbol of the French Revolution
Posted by: britnipetersen | October 1, 2009 | No Comment |The French Revolution sparked a change in the French media. During this time period, free press was established, and newspapers had the privilege of sharing their personal opinions without prior approval from the King. By 1790, the amount of newspapers in France had increased dramatically. Many newspapers, such as L’ami du Peuple, were partisan-based, and […]
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Tags: Art, Free Press, French Press, French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Paul Marat
Tags: Art, Free Press, French Press, French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Paul Marat