{"id":600,"date":"2018-10-26T11:16:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/graffiti-fall2018\/?p=600"},"modified":"2018-10-26T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T15:16:41","slug":"contemporary-graffiti-and-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/graffiti-fall2018\/2018\/10\/26\/contemporary-graffiti-and-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Graffiti and the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curwen Best’s article, “Reading Graffiti in the Caribbean Context,” begins by placing Barbados graffiti in a global context. Best connects his own study of graffiti and the Barbados transport system to the study of graffiti on the subway cars of New York. Best goes on to argue that American culture influences the youth of Barbados. He draws links to Basquiat’s graffiti in New York, the American hip-hop culture, and American popular magazines, such as\u00a0Vibe.\u00a0<\/em>This connection between the graffiti of Barbados and American pop culture illustrates the ways in which graffiti is both local and global. It is important to recognize that the location of graffiti is extremely important. We have read many article that discuss the relationship between graffiti and place. However, this article illustrates the influence of other cultures on the graffiti of a specific culture.<\/p>\n

Barbados is an interesting example of the inter play between local and global. Barbados is a small island with a distinct culture. However, Barbados’ economy relies on tourism. Thus, Barbados is exposed to the influence of numerous cultures, primarily the United States. As a result, Barbados’ graffiti artists marry multiple cultures in their work.<\/p>\n

***after class thoughts<\/p>\n

When initially reading this article, I did not focus on the fact that this is one of the first articles to discuss gender. Best argues that although the majority of the graffiti are done by males, the female voice is still prominent. Best credits the inclusion of female graffiti artists to the “growing dominance of women within contemporary Barbadian society” (Best, 843). \u00a0He also discusses the difference in style between male and female graffiti artists. Female artists include more narratives in their art and tend be more collaborative. Graffiti art allows women to have a voice; women’s voices are not “subdued'” or “passive” in their art (Best, 844). This reading of female graffiti art is extremely interesting especially since the reading on subcultures last week discussed the masculine culture of graffiti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Curwen Best’s article, “Reading Graffiti in the Caribbean Context,” begins by placing Barbados graffiti in a global context. Best connects his own study of graffiti and the Barbados transport system to the study of graffiti on the subway cars of New York. Best goes on to argue that American culture influences the youth of Barbados. … <\/p>\n

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