Amir Kellini
Amir Kellini
Environmental Graffiti Art
Introduction
Environmental Graffiti Art discusses the environmental issues that the world faces globally by using the walls of buildings as canvases to illustrate the problems in a creative relatable way. This form of art is used all around the world, but most commonly in third world countries as graffiti is a convenient way to express opinions, and it is categorized illegal in most of the first world countries. Environmental Graffiti Art is used to highlight to the public the issues that the globe is facing environmentally, whether in a sarcastic way to make it sharable on social media, or in a serious way to conflict pathos with the public.
Theme
One of the themes that is commonly visualized in the Environmental Graffiti Art is global warming, Global warming is a rising issue that will affect the whole globe, and the public keeps ignoring the actions that needs to be taken to fix the issue. Environmental Graffiti Art plays a huge role in expressing global warming to the public by being presented everywhere around the world in various forms to keep reminding the public how serious the issue is. Another theme that is presented by Environmental Graffiti Art is smoking and how harmful smoking could be for the environment and the public’s health. Smoking has multiple unpleasant effects on the environment, one of the main affects is littering, as the left overs of cigarette’s and their boxes are one of the main forms of trash found in public. In addition, it effects the public health as many individuals may suffer thoracic health problems due to being second hand smokers. Environmental Graffiti Art enhances the problems that the environment faces from people smoking, moreover it raises awareness to individual’s health.
History
Graffiti has existed since the ancient Egyptians, as they used walls to draw hieroglyphics on walls to convey their history to future generations. Overtime Graffiti developed into different forms exhibiting different issues through the society. Environmental Graffiti Art started after graffiti became an ordinary method to share news, and over the years it became a permanent approach to picture environmental issues.
This piece of art discusses global warming and how the planet is heating up and glaciers are melting which is putting wildlife animals in risk of extinction and limiting their resources. It was created on a wall of a container and the author is still unknown as it was illegally drawn next to the Adobe of Chaos, which is an attraction thousands of people visit yearly.
Environmental Graffiti Art Is a source of communication between activist artist and the public to express issues that are going on environmentally and politically. Most of the artists use Graffiti to make sure it is viable and visible for many individuals who drive by these walls on a daily bases and convey their message by spreading awareness to the public.
