Love it or hate it, graffiti in the most basic sense is visual communication dating back to cave paintings. Although some see it as vandalism, it always communicates with the viewer. Graffiti doesn't necessarily have direct meaning other than the graffiti writers name and their culture, but can be very in your face. Graffiti styles can be very specific to areas such as Sao Paulo's "Pixação" is only seen there and is distinctive and cryptic. Graffiti is meant to be temporary, not tucked away in a gallery as it is an attempt to take back public space, which has been overwhelmed with advertising. This specific form of graffiti in the image follows a common characteristic in the traditional graffiti style called "bombing." The letters that are unclear to many, but spell out "adek" and "mq" in a bubble letter form, two prolific San Francisco graffiti writers. This style of graffiti is usually very quick and generally uses one or two colors with a quick- solid fill for letters allowing for quick recognition. The idea behind this visual communication is to get their name out there as much as possible and in anyway.
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