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graffiti art

noun

Etymology

Originated as a concept in the 1970s in New York. Compound of graffiti + art.

Definitions

  1. 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 …
    • 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.
    • These same neighborhoods are home to bookstores that carry graffiti coffee table books and universities that offer courses on graffiti art.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for graffiti art. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA