Graffiti: an american phenomenon in the greek art scene: Athens Thessaloniki 1985-2005

Abstract

Graffiti has become a part of the Greek landscape since the mid 1980s. However, until now there has been no dissertation on this subject from the perspective of the art history. In this dissertation I have sketched out a brief history of the graffiti art movement emerging in the 1970s and 1980s in New York· the reception of works, i.e. the critical discourse on graffiti while entering the galleried world in America and Europe· the stylistic evolution and disparity of the lettering and the representational elements· the writers’ favoured themes, aerosol techniques and criteria for the evaluation of quality· the way the pieces intervene in the urban public space and the subsequent questions they raise about the democratic aesthetics of shared public space· the scope of the formation of crews and their pedagogical role among writers· the values informing the writing community such as the notions of getting up and fame. After having made the reader familiar with the visual idiom of this ki ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/43186
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/43186
ND
43186
Alternative title
Το γκράφιτι: ένα αμερικανικό φαινόμενο στην ελληνική καλλιτεχνική σκηνή: Αθήνα-Θεσσαλονίκη 1985-2005
Author
Drakopoulou, Konstantina (Father's name: Dimitrios)
Date
2017
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Μαυρομιχάλη Ευθυμία
Μαρτινίδης Πέτρος
Ρηγοπούλου Καλλιόπη
Μουτσόπουλος Αθανάσιος
Στεφανίδης Εμμανουήλ
Εμμανουήλ Μαρία
Παυλόπουλος Δημήτρης
Discipline
Humanities and the Arts
Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
Keywords
Athens; Graffiti
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
2 τ. ( 476; 171 σ.), im.
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