Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Latin American Graffiti Art.

Graffiti, an art expression which is used to show the reality of the societies and in this age, has become and new art expression.
this  art expression has become a voice for the people because it is used to answer back to the injustices that the society have such as violent acts, the negligence of the local government, corruption and other acts against the community in general.  
This revolutionary expression has evolved into an high art expression, which is acclaimed for the pictures and the message; it is the case of Argentina when this expression is recognized by the locals and visitants as a new art style which has in the principal city its own street gallery.
In the other hand, it is consider as vandalism for the people who don´t accept it as art and think that there are too much controversial with the politics topics painted in the walls. In the case of Bogota and other cities in Colombia, the graffitis are focus  on  political topics and retaliation against the government, which are shut up by the local people who are afraid for the politics, because the have all the power to act; this graffitis are considered as the voice of the silents.
In other countries as Honduras and Brazil, The graffiti artist use this kind of art for show the problems that have the society in general, the reality that the citizen are living and the problems with the environment for make conscience about that and to look for a possible solution.

Graffiti can be consider as an illegal act, but the people have to understand the meaning of that pictures and try to do something with the bad situation inspired by this art.




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