Graffiti Art and its purpose - HipHop Network

Stowers, George. "Graffit Art." HipHop-Network. Fall 1997. Web. This essay focuses on the reasons graffiti is a form of art and the purposes it serves on society. Graffiti has existed since historic times when people lived in caves. Those cave drawings have been preserved and are important to historians and artists who study them. When graffiti became popular in the 1970's, graffiti writers improved their tags in size, color, texture, style, and form to compete with others. Soon, tagging turned into skillful art drawings on private and public spaces. Graffiti artists started to acquire pleasure and honor for their pieces while they also desired fame. They initiated to express themselves through their pieces, just like other type of artists such as musicians and authors. Since graffiti continually improved over the next decades, artists started forming crews to complete larger and more complicated pieces. Therefore, graffiti served as one of the best ways of connecting people of all different racial backgrounds. Graffiti enhanced their creativity and planning abilities.