Urban Art Association

Exactly! ;D

news.ctei.gov.cn/zxzx/138599.htm

"What is the doodle? 　　Graffiti is a doodle. The recognition view is, graffiti stemmed from 1966 US's Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. When starts, graffiti is only the simple mark and so on, but these graffiti writers (dauber) tag except is own nickname also has oneself gate trademark and so on, until the later period 1971 - 1974, more and more writers started in the font, the effect on and so on to study diligently. In the 1980s, writers in the automobile, the train and so in the different surface made graffiti, the wall no longer is the only medium. Has developed the present, writers has more methods and the way, lets the people know them. 　　 The doodle reaches highest knowledge 　　Most people regarding the doodle this matter's understanding, possibly also were only pause in the childhood brush in the good white fence with the colored chalk nearby the street to mark in newly their self-portrait. But in fact, Graffiti, was also the doodle which we said already from the early faction label mark rise, for one kind received the attention the artistic form. 　　The recognition view is, the doodle in 1966 was born most early in US's Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. After these revolt the spiritual non-faction painter to realize the wall are richly in the world is cheapest, the most practical canvas, they start to take action. Besides the wall surface, their work also appears in the subway compartment, street's road surface superior place. 　　Many drawing aspect's new writing technique appears from this, most representative is the fine arts typeface. More importantly, they are crowd of extremely rich expression desire people, year to year appears and disappears willingly in the urban nighttime, is only gives way the human to read an own work. 　　These are infatuated with in the doodle art street corner artists, likes marking own work with the code number, they said that they are “Writer” (writer). 　　Some artistic critic believed that in the 1970s started the doodle art which appeared is to the Pope culture one kind inherits and develops, they spiritually have the uniformity, favored in paying attention to the mass culture. 　　Doodle art was already considered that is in the modern art a kind. With the lapse of time with the people to the doodle art deeper and deeper understanding, the attention which they receive are also getting more and more, the doodle masters of art's status also obtained the confirmation in modern artistic circles. 　　on February 5, 2008, the London Baolong Auction room has held in the world the first doodle work special performance auction, this auction also represented the doodle art to enter the mainstream art palace officially. 　　Before this open sale, on eBay, British famous doodle painter Banksy the work which creates in a British fence is bought before this by 407,000 US dollars high prices by a customer. The auction has attracted from the world total 69 customers. But in 2003, Banksy work selling price only between 150 US dollars to 800 US dollars."

whatever your smoking...please pass it to the back of the bus where the naughty kids sit

Found this bit particularly interesting:

"Some artistic critic believed that in the 1970s started the doodle art which appeared is to the Pope culture one kind inherits and develops, they spiritually have the uniformity, favored in paying attention to the mass culture. "

Just goes to show that even the Pope is into Graffiti and that he started it all in the 1970's. (Which was before he became Pope and thus is credible)
Never knew that.