Artist Fiona McDonald explores the ways in which graffiti works to compel and silmultaneously repel us as a society.
When did graffiti turn into graffiti art, and why do we now pay thousands of dollars for a Banksy print when just 20 years ago seminal graffiti artists from the Bronx were thrown into jail for having the same idea?
Graffiti has not always been imbued with a sense of aesthetic, but when and why did we suddenly 'decide' that it is worthy of consideration and criticism?
Includes 100 colour photogrpahs.
