What is Graffiti ?

YOU KNOW WHAT IS GRAFFITI ? 

Sometimes I feel like want to do so art in wall, and also I have some experience done drawing and painting in school wall (mural) but it is that same art in wall and Graffiti ?

    Finally, I find out that my guessing is wrong, if the person is so interested in painting on buildings and other property, they should do it on paper and murals. Then I would call it art. Doing something illegal should not be called artistic and beautiful in any way, shape or form. Yes, this kind of art it’s illegal. Everything beautiful should be right.

    In modern times, paint (particularly spray paint) and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime.

   Graffiti is vandalism and destruction of other people's property. Someone may like graffiti and consider it an art form and they try to use the definition of art to excuse it. Most graffiti is done without the consent or permission of the owner of which the graffiti appears on.

  Sample : This art is Graffiti art from Brazil , but when I saw this  what I learn in Visual communication ......   looks like Ambiguous !!!! .So many information in one picture .

   There are also a large number of graffiti influences in Southeast Asian countries that mostly come from modern Western culture, such as Malaysia, where graffiti has long been a common sight in Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur. 

 

Sample picture : A graffiti artist paints a art in all street tribute to the passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight(MH370).

Sample :Graffiti art in New York City Train

                  

 I ‘m so happy our country has begun hosting a street art to encourage all generations and people from all walks of life to enjoy and encourage Malaysian street culture as mostly in Pasar Seni and Goverment should give more encourage and opportunity Graffiti artist to do the graffiti art in train KTM, LRT and Monorel for looking forward  our next artistic country and also attract by tourists.

Reference: www.street art.com
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OSCAR TROPHY

Oscar   Statuette (Trophy) Facts

A Knight Called Oscar

The most recognized trophy in the world, the Oscar statuette has stood on the mantels of the greatest filmmakers in history since 1929.

Since the initial awards banquet on May  16, 1929, in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Room, 2,809 statuettes have been presented. Each January, additional new golden statuettes are manufacture retained by the Academy since 1982.

Oscar stands 13½ (34 cm) inches tall and weighs in at a robust 8½(3.85 kg) pounds. The film reel features five spokes, signifying the five original branches of the Academy: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. Although the statuette remains true to its original design A knight holding a crusader’s sword, standing on a reel of film. The designer  is Cedric Gibbons with chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Officially named the Academy Award of Merit, the statuette is better known by its nickname, Oscar. While the origins of the moniker aren’t clear, a popular story has it that upon seeing the trophy for the first time, Academy librarian (and eventual executive director) Margaret Herrick remarked that it resembled her Uncle Oscar. The Academy didn’t adopt the nickname officially until 1939, but it was widely known enough by 1934 that Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in a piece referring to Katharine Hepburn’s first Best Actress win. Manufacturer by R. S. Owens & Company in Chicago and it will take 3–4 weeks for make 50 statuettes the best-known one is the Academy Award of Merit more popularly known as the Oscar statuette.

The statuettes presented at the initial ceremonies were gold-plated solid bronze. Within a few years, the bronze was abandoned in favor of Britannia metal on a black metal base a pewter-like alloy that is then plated in copper, nickel silver, and finally, 24-karat gold. Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars  were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war, the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style.

More than 80 years after that auspicious gathering in Hollywood, Oscar’s success as a symbol of filmmaking achievement would probably amaze those who attended the dinner, as it would its designer, Cedric Gibbons.


references: www.wikipediaacademyaward.com

          www.telegraph.co.uk 

          www.hollywoodmegastore.com