Where Does Graffiti End And Street Art Begin?

So when does graffiti turn into street art, and aren't we surrounded by it wherever we look?

"Is it a coincidence that graffiti was spawned in New York, arguably the world's most advertising saturated and simultaneously most media savvy city? One can argue that graffiti is the by-product of a society inundated with advertising. After all, both seek to do just that. Advertising and graffiti function on a Phenomenological dimension to awaken the viewer's curiosity. On one level they rely on the sheer amount of coverage and penetration, and on a deeper one they rely on the quality of the delivery to embed themselves into the human consciousness."

~ Alex Kataras

Banksy Street Art at Wood Green High Road, London

Gomes Graffiti

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