Metagraffiti
Graffiti Art and the Urban Image in Latin America

By (author) Chandra Morrison Ariyo

ISBN13: 9781978834415

Imprint: Rutgers University Press

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Format: Hardback

Published: 13/12/2024

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Description
Focusing on graffiti scenes from São Paulo and Santiago in Chile, this innovative visual ethnography examines diverse forms of self-reference and metareference that appear in Latin American graffiti art. Chandra Morrison Ariyo works across multiple scales of contemporary graffiti production—from tags to massive murals—to show how painting the city enables individuals to reimagine their own position within the material and social structures around them. Metagraffitti reveals how practitioners such as Tinho, OSGEMEOS, Grin, and Bisy use metagraffiti features to influence public perceptions about this art form and its effect on the urban environment. Ultimately, Metagraffiti proposes a novel conceptual framework that highlights graffiti’s ability to forge alternative forms of movement, sociality, and value within Latin American cityscapes. These urban images invite us to imagine what the city could be, when seen as a site for action and imagination.
Chapter 1: Metagraffiti: Envisioning a Concept Chapter 2: Urban Image: Painting (in) the Latin American City Chapter 3: Signature Wordplay: Self-Naming, Misspelling, and Rewriting the Social Order Chapter 4: Figurative Threat: Stigma Embodiment and Graffiti's Violent Characterization Chapter 5: Reflective Structures: On Murals and Mirroring in the Spatial Imagination Chapter 6: Painting Pollution: Cleaning the City and Recycling Social Values with Street Art Chapter 7: Graffiti Intimacies: Seeing the City in Color 1  METAGRAFFITI Envisioning a Concept  1 2  URBAN IMAGE Painting (in) the Latin American City  23 3  SIGNATURE WORDPLAY Self-naming, Mis-spelling, and Re-writing the Social Order  67 4  F FIGURATIVE THREAT Stigma Embodiment and Graffiti’s Violent Characterization  93 5  REFLECTIVE STRUCTURES On Murals and Mirroring in the Spatial Imagination  125 6  PAINTING POLLUTION Cleaning the City and Recycling Social Values with Street Art  153 7  GRAFFITI INTIMACIES Seeing the City in Color 175 Acknowledgments 183 Notes 187 References 191 Index 000
  • Other graphic art forms
  • Urban communities
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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