Illegal graffiti is disconnected from standard modes of visual production in
fine art and design. The primary purpose of illegal graffiti for the graffiti
writer is not the visual product, but "getting up." Getting up involves writing
or painting ones name in as many places as possible for fame. The elements
of risk, freedom and ritual unique to illegal graffiti serve to increase
camaraderie among graffiti writers even as an individuals fame in the graffiti
subculture increases. When graffiti has moved from illegal locations to the
legal arenas of fine art and advertising; risk, ritual and to...