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    Graffiti began in the 1970s as tags written by teenagers in New York City. It grew to include colorful aerosol paintings on surfaces around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, graffiti evolved into street art with large scale paintings addressing politics or beautifying cities. While illegal in some places, street art is celebrated in others through designated zones, festivals, and gallery exhibitions that have increased tourism. Famous contemporary street artists like Os Gemeos and Blek le rat have gained international recognition, with their work found in unexpected places as well as galleries, ensuring the future longevity of the art form.

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    Graffiti British Council

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    Graffiti began in the 1970s as tags written by teenagers in New York City. It grew to include colorful aerosol paintings on surfaces around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, graffiti evolved into street art with large scale paintings addressing politics or beautifying cities. While illegal in some places, street art is celebrated in others through designated zones, festivals, and gallery exhibitions that have increased tourism. Famous contemporary street artists like Os Gemeos and Blek le rat have gained international recognition, with their work found in unexpected places as well as galleries, ensuring the future longevity of the art form.

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    Graffiti began in the 1970s as tags written by teenagers in New York City. It grew to include colorful aerosol paintings on surfaces around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, graffiti evolved into street art with large scale paintings addressing politics or beautifying cities. While illegal in some places, street art is celebrated in others through designated zones, festivals, and gallery exhibitions that have increased tourism. Famous contemporary street artists like Os Gemeos and Blek le rat have gained international recognition, with their work found in unexpected places as well as galleries, ensuring the future longevity of the art form.

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    Graffiti British Council

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    Graffiti began in the 1970s as tags written by teenagers in New York City. It grew to include colorful aerosol paintings on surfaces around the world. In the 1990s and 2000s, graffiti evolved into street art with large scale paintings addressing politics or beautifying cities. While illegal in some places, street art is celebrated in others through designated zones, festivals, and gallery exhibitions that have increased tourism. Famous contemporary street artists like Os Gemeos and Blek le rat have gained international recognition, with their work found in unexpected places as well as galleries, ensuring the future longevity of the art form.

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    Graffiti and Street Art (level 1): Improve your reading - text

    Do this preparation exercise first then read the text about graffiti and street art.

    1. Preparation: picture matching


    Write the correct word in the boxes below the picture.
    gallery

    twins

    artist

    aerosol paint

    castle

    graffiti

    Graffiti and street art isn't new. Find out about its history in this article.

    The Story of Street Art


    Modern graffiti began in big cities in the United States in the 1970s. In New York, young people wrote their
    names or tags in pen on walls around the city.
    One of the first taggers was a teenager called Demetrius. His tag was TAKI 183. He wrote his tag on
    walls and in stations in New York. Other teenagers saw Demetriuss tag and started writing their tags too.
    Soon, there were tags on walls, buses and trains all over New York.
    Then, some teenagers started writing their tags with aerosol paint. Their tags were bigger and more
    colourful. Aerosol paint graffiti became very popular in the 1970s and 1980s. It appeared on trains, buses
    and walls around the world.
    In the 1990s and 2000s, a lot of graffiti artists started painting pictures. Some artists pictures were about
    politics. Other artists wanted to make cities beautiful and painted big, colourful pictures on city walls.

    Graffiti in Galleries
    In some countries, writing or painting on walls is a crime. Sometimes, graffiti artists have problems with the
    police. In other countries, artists can draw and paint in certain places. For example, in Taiwan, there are
    graffiti zones where artists can paint on walls. In Sao Paulo in Brazil, street artists can paint pictures on
    walls and houses. Their pictures are colourful and beautiful. Some tourists visit Sao Paulo just to see the
    street art!
    In Bristol in the UK, there is a street art festival in August every year. Artists paint all the buildings in a
    street. Lots of people come to watch the artists and take photos. You can see exhibitions of street art in
    some galleries too. There have been exhibitions of street art in galleries in Paris, London and Los Angeles.

    Who are the Artists?


    Some street artists have become famous. Here are three stars of the street art world:
    Os Gemeos are twin brothers from Sao Paulo in Brazil. They paint big, colourful pictures of people on
    buildings. In 2007, they painted a castle in Scotland!
    Blek le rat is from Paris. He is famous for painting pictures of homeless people in big cities.
    Faith 47 is from Cape Town in South Africa. She paints big, colourful pictures of people and animals. She
    likes painting in different places and you can find her work on pavements, postboxes, buses and, of
    course, on walls!

    The Future of Street Art


    Many street artists use the internet to look at photos of street art from around the world. They communicate
    with other artists on-line and share ideas. Some street artists are famous and you can see their pictures in
    galleries. We dont know about the future of street art, but it is here to stay for sure!

    Robin Newton

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