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CULTURE Graffiti artists – past and present<br />
I can plan a mural.<br />
8<br />
A<br />
B<br />
C<br />
D<br />
1 3.27 Look at the pictures A–D and answer<br />
the questions. Then read, listen and check your<br />
answers. Which picture is not mentioned in<br />
the text?<br />
1 How old are these paintings?<br />
2 Where can you find these paintings?<br />
3 Who painted them?<br />
4 Which painting do you like best?<br />
From rock art to urban graffiti<br />
Prehistoric rock art isn’t a hot topic with art historians because<br />
it isn’t considered to be an art movement like Impressionism or<br />
Surrealism. But how different is this art from contemporary art<br />
forms like urban graffiti and mural paintings?<br />
Prehistoric artists represented their world and beliefs with<br />
visual images which they carved or painted on cave walls. Some<br />
of these paintings, like the Bradshaw paintings in northern<br />
Australia, are incredibly beautiful. There are over 100,000<br />
Bradshaw paintings and they may be nearly 50,000 years old;<br />
nobody really knows. These ancient artists used sticks, rocks and<br />
animal fur as paint brushes and natural paints to create these<br />
unique works of art. The Bradshaws are very special because,<br />
instead of showing wild animals like 30,000 year-old European<br />
cave paintings, they show humans with decorated hair and<br />
clothes. One painting of a beautiful dancer is certainly as great<br />
as any modern painting. We will never really know why these<br />
pictures were painted, but it is quite possible that the artists<br />
just wanted to create something beautiful.<br />
The same is true for the graffiti art movement which has<br />
developed recently in the UK. Graffiti artists paint on walls and<br />
old buildings, so it isn’t very different from rock art. Of course,<br />
a lot of graffiti is not art, but some of these paintings are true<br />
works of art which improve the grey urban landscape and<br />
transform dirty old walls into beautiful murals. The British street<br />
artist Banksy is the most famous graffiti artist and he<br />
uses spray paint to create amusing or shocking street pictures.<br />
These paintings represent the artist’s ideas as well as improving<br />
the environment.<br />
Like ancient rock art, modern graffiti art decorates the<br />
environment and shows the artists’ world and beliefs.<br />
2 Read the text again and answer the questions.<br />
1 What did prehistoric artists paint?<br />
2 How are the Bradshaw paintings different<br />
from European cave art?<br />
3 What did the ancient artists paint with?<br />
4 Why was ancient rock art created?<br />
5 How is urban graffiti similar to ancient<br />
rock art?<br />
6 How is Banksy similar to ancient<br />
rock artists?<br />
3 YOUR CULTURE Answer the questions.<br />
1 What great / horrible graffiti have you seen?<br />
2 How do you feel about graffiti? Does it<br />
improve the urban landscape?<br />
3 What ancient art is there in your country?<br />
4 Who were the artists?<br />
5 How much graffiti is there in your town?<br />
Is it art?<br />
6 Look at the mural in picture D. What is<br />
special about this painting?<br />
4 TASK You are going to plan a mural for an ugly<br />
wall or building in your town and write a letter<br />
to the council about your idea.<br />
1 Work in pairs and choose a place for<br />
your mural.<br />
2 Decide what the picture will be like.<br />
3 What will it hide or decorate?<br />
4 What will it show?<br />
5 Will it be funny / shocking / beautiful?<br />
6 How big will it be?<br />
7 Write a letter to the council presenting<br />
your idea. (Look at page 65 for a formal<br />
letter model.)<br />
8 Present your idea to the class.<br />
9 Have a class vote for the best idea.<br />
Culture 111<br />
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