TY - JOUR
T1 - Fame and Recognition in Historic and Contemporary Graffiti
T2 - Examples from New York City (US), Richmond Castle and Bristol (UK)
AU - Bryning, Emma
AU - Kendall, Charlie
AU - Leyland, Megan
AU - Mitman, Tyson
AU - Schofield, John
N1 - © 2022 The Author(s).
PY - 2022/2/15
Y1 - 2022/2/15
N2 - Artists have been making their mark on the world for at least 70,000 years. Some of the best known examples of what is commonly referred to as cave art are from the Upper Palaeolithic in Europe, at sites which are popular tourist attractions, their visitors wondering at the motivations and ability of those responsible. In some ways, contemporary graffiti and street art are not so dissimilar: passers-by stopping to view art without ever seeing the artists at work, puzzled at their intentions. As in the caves, these more recent works have a sense of the mysterious, while bringing light and dynamism to otherwise mundane and unspectacular spaces, giving these spaces new meaning and adding value. In this paper, through a combination of historic and contemporary examples, we focus on ways that archaeological interpretation contributes to understanding the cultural significance of the interstitial places where these historic and contemporary artworks are often found and also, therefore, the marginalised people who typically inhabit them.
AB - Artists have been making their mark on the world for at least 70,000 years. Some of the best known examples of what is commonly referred to as cave art are from the Upper Palaeolithic in Europe, at sites which are popular tourist attractions, their visitors wondering at the motivations and ability of those responsible. In some ways, contemporary graffiti and street art are not so dissimilar: passers-by stopping to view art without ever seeing the artists at work, puzzled at their intentions. As in the caves, these more recent works have a sense of the mysterious, while bringing light and dynamism to otherwise mundane and unspectacular spaces, giving these spaces new meaning and adding value. In this paper, through a combination of historic and contemporary examples, we focus on ways that archaeological interpretation contributes to understanding the cultural significance of the interstitial places where these historic and contemporary artworks are often found and also, therefore, the marginalised people who typically inhabit them.
U2 - 10.1080/00438243.2022.2035802
DO - 10.1080/00438243.2022.2035802
M3 - Article
SN - 0043-8243
VL - 53
SP - 435
EP - 450
JO - World Archaeology
JF - World Archaeology
IS - 3
ER -