Abstract

Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in a specific art form outside of formal art discipline i.e. street art. The audiences that reconsider surroundings of our daily life via graffiti movement appreciated the various messages from graffiti. The concept evolved from vandalism to avant-garde, integral elements from spray cans and concrete walls to canvases and pieces of work displayed in galleries. An old technology was applied to the execution of street art, which is stencil graffito; it has taken graffiti into a new expressional status.

The combinations of visual language and communication behind surfaces made both stencil graffiti artists such as Blek le Rat, Shepard Fairey and Banksy who established careers in the art world, and also gained itself a worldwide fame. In terms of technics and images. The influence of stencil graffiti is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore in the design field. However, these rapid changes are causing a major discussion, because when stencil graffiti separated itself from the original conception it caused the popular uprising it led it to fail.