When you see graffiti on the street, do you immediately think of:
A bad neighborhood?
Scribble on the wall?
or
Vandalism?
I wouldn't be surprised if many people today thought this way. But graffiti is actually a beautiful form of visual art that has often been misunderstood from its beginning. In fact, graffiti is considered one of the four elements of hip hop (along with emceeing, DJing and B-Boying) and has been the visuals for all things hip hop on .... all things! From trains, to walls, to paper, to public property graffiti has made its mark and has spread all over the world.
One country in particular has embraced the old-school form of visual hip hop the most, Slovakia. With spray cans, markers, inks and scratches some beautiful & intricate works of art have been created on both illegal and legal spaces.
Don't believe me? Take a look for yourself
& Check out this video of the 2009 Slovakian Graffiti Jam (( fast foward to the 4:25 mark))
"You never thought hip hop would take it this far" - Notorious B.I.G.
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