Concept information
Preferred term
wildstyle
Definition
- This style represents a complex composition of letters assembled to give a unique shape and dynamic to the piece. In this style, the letters are distorted and superimposed, and sometimes enriched with three-dimensional arrows, tribals, pikes, puppets and other decorative elements that give an idea of movement and confusion. This complicated construction of interlocking letters is considered one of the hardest styles to master and the lettering of the pieces done in wildstyle is often completely indecipherable to non-writers.
Narrower concepts
Alternative Terms
kuangye fengge
Chinese
狂野风格
Source
- Anssi, Arte. 2015. Forms of Rockin': Graffiti Letters and Popular Culture. Årsta: Dokument Press.
- Bisceglia, Marta R. 2024. «GLOSSARY», in Iezzi A. (edited by), Graffiti in China, 193-99: https://www.1088press.it/en/graffiti-in-china-enhanced-digital-edition/glossary/
- Bisceglia, Marta R. 2025. Graffiti and Chinese Calligraphy: Looking for Identity in Fusion. PhD thesis. Bologna: Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
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In other languages
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狂野风格
Chinese
URI
http://w3id.org/write/thesaurus/wildstyle
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