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First Certificate Exam A- Citizenship Today

The Wall

Blanco Ferreira, Ana Clara

trying to confirm the idea that public space is for everyone and they had the right to express themselves in their own way. Street art was not allowed by the government before the revolution. Some paintings could be seen on the walls but they were all soon gone.

In conclusion, we think that graffiti often appears after a nation or country goes through an important event. We cannot know when it started or where we can find it because you can find it anywhere. And last but not least, we arrived at the conclusion that, for artists, graffiti is a way of expressing themselves in art.