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CULTURE Graffiti artists – past and present
I can plan a mural.
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B
C
D
1 3.27 Look at the pictures A–D and answer
the questions. Then read, listen and check your
answers. Which picture is not mentioned in
the text?
1 How old are these paintings?
2 Where can you find these paintings?
3 Who painted them?
4 Which painting do you like best?
From rock art to urban graffiti
Prehistoric rock art isn’t a hot topic with art historians because
it isn’t considered to be an art movement like Impressionism or
Surrealism. But how different is this art from contemporary art
forms like urban graffiti and mural paintings?
Prehistoric artists represented their world and beliefs with
visual images which they carved or painted on cave walls. Some
of these paintings, like the Bradshaw paintings in northern
Australia, are incredibly beautiful. There are over 100,000
Bradshaw paintings and they may be nearly 50,000 years old;
nobody really knows. These ancient artists used sticks, rocks and
animal fur as paint brushes and natural paints to create these
unique works of art. The Bradshaws are very special because,
instead of showing wild animals like 30,000 year-old European
cave paintings, they show humans with decorated hair and
clothes. One painting of a beautiful dancer is certainly as great
as any modern painting. We will never really know why these
pictures were painted, but it is quite possible that the artists
just wanted to create something beautiful.
The same is true for the graffiti art movement which has
developed recently in the UK. Graffiti artists paint on walls and
old buildings, so it isn’t very different from rock art. Of course,
a lot of graffiti is not art, but some of these paintings are true
works of art which improve the grey urban landscape and
transform dirty old walls into beautiful murals. The British street
artist Banksy is the most famous graffiti artist and he
uses spray paint to create amusing or shocking street pictures.
These paintings represent the artist’s ideas as well as improving
the environment.
Like ancient rock art, modern graffiti art decorates the
environment and shows the artists’ world and beliefs.
2 Read the text again and answer the questions.
1 What did prehistoric artists paint?
2 How are the Bradshaw paintings different
from European cave art?
3 What did the ancient artists paint with?
4 Why was ancient rock art created?
5 How is urban graffiti similar to ancient
rock art?
6 How is Banksy similar to ancient
rock artists?
3 YOUR CULTURE Answer the questions.
1 What great / horrible graffiti have you seen?
2 How do you feel about graffiti? Does it
improve the urban landscape?
3 What ancient art is there in your country?
4 Who were the artists?
5 How much graffiti is there in your town?
Is it art?
6 Look at the mural in picture D. What is
special about this painting?
4 TASK You are going to plan a mural for an ugly
wall or building in your town and write a letter
to the council about your idea.
1 Work in pairs and choose a place for
your mural.
2 Decide what the picture will be like.
3 What will it hide or decorate?
4 What will it show?
5 Will it be funny / shocking / beautiful?
6 How big will it be?
7 Write a letter to the council presenting
your idea. (Look at page 65 for a formal
letter model.)
8 Present your idea to the class.
9 Have a class vote for the best idea.
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