graffiti art en · NOUN
Etymology
Originated as a concept in the 1970s in New York. Compound of graffiti + art.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Graffiti that is intended to be, or is seen as, artistic rather than a work of vandalism.
It really made a mark, because it was the first time that every kind of underground art could be seen in one place—and that included graffiti art.
1992, John Gruen, Keith Haring: The Authorized Biography, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:It's also appropriate, for the phenomenon he is investigating is the graffiti art of aerosol signatures that suddenly flowered all over the city's subway cars and walls a couple of years back …
1974 May 6, Eliot Fremont-Smith, “Mailer on the IRT”, in New York, volume 7, number 18, page 97:These same neighborhoods are home to bookstores that carry graffiti coffee table books and universities that offer courses on graffiti art.
2023 June 30, Stefano Bloch, “Graffiti has undergone a massive shift in a few quick decades as street art gains social acceptance”, in The Conversation: