The city as a support: graffiti on the threshold between criminalization and consecration

The recognition of graffiti as an artistic manifestation is recent and goes back to the concepts of public art and urban art. There are many challenges faced by this artistic manifestation that is on the threshold of consecration and infraction, public and private, marginalization and social and ins...

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Autor: Boelsums, Mariah
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Pós (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/45484
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revistapos/article/view/45484
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:arte urbana
grafite
criminalização
CURA
arte urbano
graffiti
criminalización
urban art
criminalization
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Sumario:The recognition of graffiti as an artistic manifestation is recent and goes back to the concepts of public art and urban art. There are many challenges faced by this artistic manifestation that is on the threshold of consecration and infraction, public and private, marginalization and social and institutional legitimation. Reflecting on this, this paper presents as a case study two graffiti works that were the subject of controversial lawsuits, Híbrida Ancestral – Brazilian Guardiã, by the artist Criola, and Deus é Mãe, of the artist Robinho Santana, both part of the Circuito Urbano de Arte (CURA) of Belo Horizonte and examples of the social, political and legal complexity that involves graffiti in Brazil.