Graffiti Art

An art form most popular during the 1970's and 1980's, but still alive today. The word Graffiti is the plural word for scratch in Italian. The actual practice of graffiti goes back to the Egyptians, but it was not thought of as an art form until the 1970's when the art world saw the work of street teens in the New York subways. There were some shows and artists acknowledged, but as soon as the raw street art came into the galleries of New York, the interest faded.