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Graffiti was not considered a credible form of art until the 2000s with the likes of Alex Martinez spreading awareness of this new type of art form. As a result of this art collectors began to get street artists to do commissioned pieces of art for them [1] which lead to graffiti becoming a viable option for street artists to earn some money.
Violet Pritchard published English Medieval Graffiti in 1967, the result of research undertaken predominantly in churches in and around Cambridge. [4] The book was the first full-length work in English to be written on church graffiti, and became the key study for scholars and enthusiasts in the following decades.
The gallery's café includes the local "Dead Bod" graffiti, [2] relocated from its original site on a corrugated iron shed on Riverside Wharf. [3] The artwork is a human-sized depiction of a dead bird, supposedly painted by Captain Len ‘Pongo’ Rood and Chief Engineer Gordon Mason in the 1960s, and was a prominent feature on the city's docks.
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People who appreciate graffiti often believe that it should be on display for everyone in public spaces, not hidden away in a museum or a gallery. [67] Art should color the streets, not the inside of some building. Graffiti is a form of art that cannot be owned or bought. It does not last forever, it is temporary, yet one of a kind.
His groundbreaking 2001 exhibition "Minuteman" was the first by a solo graffiti artist in a public art gallery held at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in the United Kingdom and broke attendance records for ethnic minority audience. In 2001 he had his own signature can design on millions of Sprite cans throughout the UK and parts of Europe. [1]
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See No Evil is a collection of works of public art by multiple graffiti artists, located around Nelson Street in Bristol, UK. The artwork was first created in an event in August 2011 that was Europe's largest street art festival at the time. [1] It culminated with a block party. [2] The street was mostly repainted in a repeat event in 2012.