graffiti art
graffiti art noun: graffiti that is intended to be, or is seen as, artistic rather than a work of vandalism.
Noun
graffiti art (uncountable)
- Graffiti that is intended to be, or is seen as, artistic rather than a work of vandalism.
- It's also appropriate, for the phenomenon he is investigating is the graffiti art of aerosol signatures that suddenly flowered all over the city's subway cars and walls a couple of years back …1974 May 6, Eliot Fremont-Smith, “Mailer on the IRT”, in New York, volume 7, number 18, page 97
- It really made a mark, because it was the first time that every kind of underground art could be seen in one place—and that included graffiti art.1992, John Gruen, Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN
Origin of graffiti art
Originated as a concept in the 1970s in New York. Compound of graffiti + art.
Questions about graffiti art
- What does graffiti art mean?
- Graffiti art means graffiti that is intended to be, or is seen as, artistic rather than a work of vandalism.
- What part of speech is graffiti art?
- Graffiti art is a noun.
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