| dc.description.abstract | Based on the street wall, catalogue, newspaper, magazine, movie, internet blog…etc, Taiwan graffiti subculture roots in the visual materials arrayed all over our daily life. This thesis aims to focus on the development of graffiti subcultures in Taiwan by examining the distinctions varied from street, exhibition and consuming fields. The concepts of graffiti writers, graffiti artists and graffiti sub groups drag the three facets of street, exhibition and consuming culture to explain the vernacular character of Taiwan graffiti compared to New York graffiti. In chapter one section one; TOOYA! Taiwan Graffiti will be served as an example to discuss the represented graffiti styles, and relate with the social criticism in Hua San graffiti event. In chapter one section two; starting from the points view of resistances, the comparison between different groups of graffiti communities explores how the resistances form the street power renowned in the art world. In chapter two section two; the graffiti related exhibitions, activities and cultural festivals are reviewed to put Taiwan graffiti subculture within the governance of culture mechanism. In chapter two section two; the paired concepts of cultural distinctions such as high and low, center and border help to discuss the variation between street graffiti in chapter one and graffiti art here. Starting from the status identities of graffiti writer and graffiti artist, clarifies how graffiti connect with art history. In chapter three section one; the message project would be the case to concern the relationship of consuming system, author and viewer. In chapter three section two; how the media news represents the inter-relation between graffiti communities and its commodity. In chapter three section three; graffiti shown in the photos, movies and the internet blogs will be examples to concern the visual communication within cultural and consuming system.
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