Graffiti is the art of painting on walls and public surfaces with spray paint or other tools. It originated in New York in the early 1970s as a tolerated art form but is now also used by gangs to threaten violence. While illegal in most places, some cities designate legal walls where graffiti artists can paint without fear of arrest.

1. Graffiti

2. Graffiti is the art of painting on walls and
other public surfaces with spray paint.

3. The term was first used by the Romans to
indicate writing on the wall.

4. Spray is the traditional tool, but markers and
brushes can also be used.

5. Graffiti first
started in New
York, in the early
1970s.

6. Graffiti has always been
tolerated by the law and the
public.

7. However, graffiti is today
also used by gangs of
vandals who want to give a
message of menace and
violence to people.

8. VERY Bad Guys

9. In the United States today there are “legal walls”
– places where graffiti artists can do their
paintings without fear of being arrested.

10. In Australia and
many other countries
graffiti is seen as a
sport.
Quite Good Guys

11. Graffiti is meant to be a public display for
everybody who wants to look at while walking in
the street, going to work, taking the underground.

12. The End
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