Graffiti Art

This is a little delayed, but I was reminded of the day when Jenny Whitcher came in to speak to the class as a guest about graffiti art. I was walking through downtown and noticed some graffiti on a building and was reminded about how to read the tag and what it may have meant besides from just spray painting something on a wall. Before Jenny came to speak, I didn't really know much about graffiti art besides from when I encountered it passing through cities, for example. When she spoke a little about the poitics in regards to graffiti and basically how to read what the peice is saying, it really helped me put into perspective how much work and planning can go into peices like these that, otherwise, seem so simple.

I really took note when she passed around a graffiti artist's sketchbook. This was really interesting for me as an art minor because having the ability to look at someone's sketches can be very personal and invassive, however in this case, I think it helped me take in all of the steps that the artist's takes before even thinking about putting paint to a wall. Before this guest speaker, I wouldn't have really thought of graffiti artists to have sketchbooks and things of that nature, even though it makes complete sense that they do; they are artists after all.