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    This document summarizes the relationships between literature, street art, and graffiti. It discusses graffiti as an unauthorized marking in public spaces, often used to mark territory, seek attention, or rebel against authority. Street art aims to bring affordable art to the public or advertise, while graffiti has evolved into various literary forms like using symbols from literature in pieces or directly quoting poems and novels. A notable example is the street artist Banksy, who incorporates symbolic and literal literature into graffiti art.

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    Literature and Street Art

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    Literature, Street Art, and Graffiti

    LITEPOP ODGE2 | June 02, 2022

    Graffiti
    - Form or visual communication,
    usually illegal, involving the
    unauthorized marking of public
    space by an individual or group
    - Writing or drawings made on a wall
    or other surface, usually without
    permission and within public view

    - To bring art to the masses (urban


    Street Art Types
    art/public art); inexpensive art form
    From Street Art to High Art | The New Y…
    - To advertise (legal and illegal)
    Is graffiti art? Or vandalism? - Kelly Wall
    https://www.wired.com/2016/07/graffiti-ta
    gs-look-like-helvetica-times-new-roman/

    From Graffiti to Street Art


    - To mark territory with names
    (tagging)
    - To seek attention/exposure (visibility)

    Literary Graffiti or Tag & Literature


    (Tagature)
    - Symbolic (Wall and piece by Banksy
    from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy)
    - Literal (Actual lines from poems and
    novels)
    - To rebel against the establishment
    (graffiti is illegal in most countries)
    - To express political sentiments (as a
    form of protest/social commentary)

    Who is Banksy?
    Top 10 Greatest Banksy Art
    https://www.banksy.co.uk/out.asp
    Why should you read Sylvia Plath? - Is…

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