Culture Jamming

Reverse graffiti by Moose

Banksy Piece

One of the art forms I feel that is "culture jamming" art is graffiti art. Many graffiti artists use their forms of spraypaint, wheatpasting, stenciling and to express their ideas, feelings, art forms, and messages to the world in a rebellious way. The history of graffiti art stems from going against the system by oppressed people and for them to get themselves out there in a world through their rebellious art forms. Various artists have made huge statements about political issues, social issues, environmental issues, etc. One famous, " a sell out" in the graffiti arts underground world is Banksy, the world known graffiti artist from the UK. He makes huge statements through his art on commenting things going on in the world from war to disasters, classism, etc. I feel that culture jamming is a wonderful art conceptual form and that it is a way for people to learn and question the world around them for the better.

The top photo is from an article I found on "reverse graffiti" which is the use of erasing dirt off the wall, this one is by Moose. I found this to be interesting because of the use of "cleaning" to be the "pen" or "medium." It's a culture jamming to me since it is a use of dirt rather than paint... the medium in itself is statement to the art world.

I instantly think of adbusters as one of the greatest source of culture jamming.