Definition:

1.   a piece of paper or cardboard in which things are pasted to form a design, working diagram, etc.

2.   a collage

 

Paste up Graffiti has been around for awhile now and has emerged in many forms. To many it represents a way to make a statement of a political nature, to others it is a way to satire a current day subject and again there are those that find Paste up Graffiti a way to express there art form.

 

Unlike other forms of Graffiti Art that require the Artist to create quickly and evasively to avoid the authorities, Paste up Graffiti is able to be created away from the street in which it will be finally displayed.

 

This allows the artist to spend more time on the form and content that will finally be created. In such it allows the artist to paint a canvas and conceive the concept as other art forms are generally created.

 

This ability to plan each step of the artwork allows the freedom to explore the meaning of the piece and ensures there is a depth that normal Graffiti can never explore.

 

Paste up Graffiti art is now readily recognised by underground art networks and the names of some of our most famous Paste up Artists are becoming house hold names.

 

 These artists are no longer just producing public art in secular city but are leaving there mark in cities globally. For example SWOON must be recognised as one of the most recognised global Paste up Artists not confined to a cities boundaries – her work is displayed in prominent positions in some of the world’s major cities. 

Political Poster by Artist Goldie

 

Beyond the city walls and deserted alleyways Paste up Graffiti is making head roads into our every day life. Artists are now being commissioned to complete artwork for CD covers/ Political flyers/ TV advertisements indicating that this form of Graffiti is becoming more and more accepted by General Culture.

 

Some Artists are now so successful that they also have the honour of holding exhibitions in Public Art Galleries. Being able to sell to the general public and have a market wanting there artwork has legitimated this form of Graffiti.

   

Who would have known that something so despised by many as vandalism would now be appearing in there homes, there cars, there offices, without them even recognising it.

 

Paste up Graffiti has taken things to the next level.