Graffiti has been around us for million of years. As historians have
documented, cave men drew illustrations on cave walls to tell stories, document
their lives and save their history for future generations. Romans wrote on the
walls of building of the cities they conquered. Today, Graffiti is view
differently by contradicting factions; some that view, or lets say, perceived the
Graffiti as a series of obscenities and unimportant drawings written or drew by
louts, others as an artistic SELF-EXPRESSION made by the Writer of the
Graffiti.
The beginning of what we currently know as Graffiti can be traced back
to New York on the turn of the 60’s and 70’s. It began as the writing of names
or nicknames on the walls of buildings and other places, particularly the Subway.
Know as Single Hitting, Tagging. The
owners of the signatures become heroes gaining followers and organizing in
different groups each following a style.
Later when the spray paint was invented, the Graffiti evolved and
became more popular, new forms of graphics, including drawings, were used becoming a new form of Graffiti called
a Piece, a short version of a WORD MASTERPIECE.
Following a few photos:
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| Wall at the left side of an Abandoned Building located at 363 De Diego St., Santurce |
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| Abandoned Building located at 363 De Diego St., Santurce |
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| Aldea St. corme Canal St. (Vacant New Building) |
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| Abandoned Building located between 1431 Ponce de León St. and the Centro de Bellas Artes, Santurce |
Sources:
A Brief History of Graffiti, HubPages.com
The History of Graffiti, library.thinkquest.org
Articles-The History of Graffiti-Writing, hiphop-network.com
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