Brazilian Graffiti and Street Art

 Graffiti

Graffiti is an illegal form of writing or drawing. People usually create graffiti with spray paint. They press the top of a can and the paint shoots out. People often paint graffiti on walls or parts of public buildings. Another common place for graffiti is on trains and buses. It's found everywhere in South America!

In Brazil, people see a big separation between different kinds of graffiti. One kind of graffiti is called tagging. This is when a person writes his or her name. Or they write the name of an illegal gang. Tagging does not take much time or skill. 

Street Art

Other kinds of graffiti include larger pictures. These take much more artistic effort. And there is a lot of this amazing detailed graffiti in the cities of Brazil.

In 2009 Brazil passed a law decriminalizing graffiti. This law made it legal to paint graffiti. But people must first get permission from the property owner before they paint on it. The Brazilian government also set up a system to register some graffiti.

To differentiate the two they came up with this slogan: 

"Não pixe, grafite"  (Don't tag, graffiti)

Sooooo, this week I thought you might enjoy seeing some "fantastic" Brazilian Street Art.

Can you tell the difference?!

Of course, if you're not a fan of either graffiti or street art, you can opt for this - ivy walls of green.

Now ya know!!!!