Are there any "famous" "graffiti artists"?

Question:i mean like, guys who are known for making real art work, in a bit of a graffiti style

(not vandilism or anything..)

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i mean like, guys who are known for making real art work, in a bit of a graffiti style

(not vandilism or anything..)

Yes!

Check out Banksy, an awesome graffiti artist, although nobody knows who he really is...

http://www.banksy.co.uk/

keith harring

also check this site
http://www.woostercollective.com/

Lari Pittman has some graffiti influence in his works.

Probably the most famous graffiti inspired artist is/was Keith Haring whose chalk outlines began as protests to enlighten the public to the AIDS epidemic. Basquiat is another artist you may want to look up. The website below was done in Dallas, but it does have some decent work on it. I thought you might enjoy it.

Hi Tyler,

I thought your question was interesting. I've never thought much about graffiti as any thing other than vandalism but your question led me to search and I got a little carried away I'm afraid. Glad you brought up the topic though.

Lots of interesting stuff in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti

Fab Five Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) is another popular graffiti figure of this time, often credited with helping to spread the influence of graffiti and rap music beyond its early foundations in the Bronx.

In 1979, graffiti artist Lee Quinones, and Fab Five Freddy were given a gallery opening in Rome by art dealer Claudio Bruni.

artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, who started out tagging locations with his signature SAMO (Same Old ****), and Keith Haring, who was also able to take his art into studio spaces.

Mark Ecko, an urban clothing designer, has been an advocate of graffiti as an art form during this period, stating that "Graffiti is without question the most powerful art movement in recent history and has been a driving inspiration throughout my career."[

Brazil "boasts a unique and particularly rich graffiti scene...[earning] it an international reputation as the place to go for artistic inspiration." Graffiti "flourishes in every conceivable space in Brazil's cities." Artistic parallels "are often drawn between the energy of Sao Paulo today and 1970s New York." The "sprawling metropolis," of Sao Paulo has "become the new shrine to graffiti

Modern graffiti art often incorporates additional arts and technologies. For example, Graffiti Research Lab has encouraged the use of projected images and magnetic Light-emitting diodes as new media for graffiti writers. The Italian artist Kaso is pursuing regenerative graffiti through experimentation with abstract shapes and deliberate modification of previous Graffiti artworks.

In the UK, Banksy is the most recognizable icon for this cultural artistic movement and keeps his identity secret to avoid arrest...

In Amsterdam graffiti was a major part of the punk scene. The city was covered with names as 'De Zoot', 'Vendex' and 'Dr Rat'. To document the graffiti a punk magazine was started called Gallery Anus. So when hip hop came to Europe in the early 1980's there already was a vibrant graffiti culture...

Graffiti art is now on exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum as a "contemporary art" form that began in New York's outer boroughs and reached great heights in the early '80s with the work of Crash, Lee, Daze, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

It displays 22 works by New York graffiti artists, including Crash, Daze and Lady Pink. In an article in Time Out Magazine, Curator Charlotta Kotik says that she hopes that the current exhibition will cause viewers to rethink their assumptions about graffiti. Terrance Lindall, noted surrealist artist whose works for Heavy Metal Magazine and Creepy and Eerie have inspired many of these artists, goes further:

“ Graffiti is revolutionary like the surrealist art I represented in my show Brave Destiny," he says, "and any revolution might be considered a crime. People who are oppressed or suppressed need an outlet, so they write on walls—it’s free... However, people also have a right to protect their property. It is a human dilemma...

Art Crimes: Best Graffiti Sites

http://www.graffiti.org/index/best.htm...

Infamous John Tsombikos

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tsom...

Banksy, the celebrated graffiti artist, is caught in the act for first time
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk...

Graffitti Artist Banksy on CBS Sunday Morning TODAY! (with pix)
http://www.nowpublic.com/entertainment...

Seeking graffiti artists and Hotel California-haters in Beijing
http://www.danwei.org/trends_and_buzz/...

Beijing-based art events organizer Rania Ho is looking for graffitti artists for an event. It's a commercial gig and it pays.

Youd prob like Obeys stuff. His stuff is exactlywhat youre looking for art with a graffiti twist to it.

I dunno if youd like Banksy he has what you looking for but his stuff actually is vandalism

These are some other graffiti artist that are famous in the graffiti world might be worth checking out Ewok, Saber, Sever, Revok, Cope2, Trixter, Seen, Bates, Atom, Revolt, Zephyr, Can2, Axis, Ja one, Seak, Futura 2000, Indie, and Dondi. Some famous crews are MSK, CBS, XTC, and seventh letter. Most of theyre stuff is legal so I wouldnt consider it vandalism or "anything"