"ART" can be stretched to just about anything.. any graffiti marking design no matter how it looks CAN be considered art.. usually the general public condiders the pieces art.. but they see it as art more on the color poeerhaps the design but the design is what we can see as nice (letter strucure etc) cause public has a hard time distingusign between toy and good bombing wise.. then again thats also subjective for grafffiti writers but theres still the common good bad.. anyway Done illegally which is what makes graffiti graffiti i diont think "legal walls" would be consider graffiti if they didnt resemble illegal ish... anbd so there it ca be considered vandalism and can be considered art whether its nioce or not.. people lie it or not.. you can call pretty much any intentional (or not) design art... whether it loooks appealing is another thing.. the Art of Vandalism.. but actually i can argue that graffiti is not candalism (which i wouldnt reallly have cared to do) but upon examiniation of the defifntion and based on an assumption i have which i think is valid in the general graffiti is technilclyy not vandalsim going by the common defintion of va (if you adhere to my assumption) whuich i didnt say.. other wise i guess can be considered vandalism especailly sinc the public cant see the assupmtion (which im not saying in this message) at relaytivley soon siught and thought id say its obviously both when you look at who it effects.. well or not vandalism to you and not art to them.. the word arts annoying tho prefer style generally.. anyway and like i said i can agrue why graffiti isnt vandalism see if you guys can give good reason why it wouldnt..
No, even tags and hands is art, why?, because the handstyle is the most simple representation of graffiti, so, graffiti = art, hands = art." I agree but your just begging the question there.. (art or not theres an attraction we see)
bump this thread for the kid who cant search... there are ALOT of replies abotu this you can add to your paper.
Yes graffiti is art in 1 perspective, its art in perspective that u do it on canvasse, bored and do it for a living ect, its art coz ur takin somthin ugly and plain and turn it into a color peice of art but yes its also vandalisum its illegal its not ur property u can be jailed its a crime its vandalisum yes there 2 sides to the graff scene
of course graffiti is art, any way you can express yourself is art, anyone who thinks graffiti isnt art probobly has no syle whatsoever and is as uniform as hell, you write different ways in different moods, different places, even if you write the same thing, same style, its expression, expressing to everyone your thoughts and feelings, but yeah, its definately art
oh yeah, anotherthing, people writing the destrucction is fun or whatever, are you kidding, its not destruction, its creation
graffiti is art becoz like all other art forms it is an expression of your feelings and emotions etc. yes it may also be vandalism but why be a servant to the law when you can be its master
its as simple as this... if someone who does NOT write graffiti says, "graffiti is Art", then... No, Graffiti is not art. if someone who does NOT write graffiti says, "graffiti is vandalism", then... No, graffiti is art.
it is art period. even taggs why do u think ppl write taggs in the bbook for hours perfecting it. even more of an art is pieces. its all art. if your doin it to fuck shit up ur doin it for the wrong reason, get the fuck out.
Man its all about self expresstion if you go out not to vandeliz but to show your artwork aka the graff you been writin then thats straigt up art on the other hand if your intenstions are to wreck somethin on purpose that wouldnt be art becuase its ment to show the negetivity of your expresstion towards the thing you are sprayin. Thats my opinion.
If your all about just running around and tagging shit up, then I don't consider that art. But if you sittiin in your room working on a completely new letter style or something like that and you go out and do pieces then yea thats art. Its all just depends on how much you let it impact your life and how far you wanna take it. Depends on who you ask.
hey, does anyone have the website, to is this art or vandalism? of have a picture of something along those lines... Thanks
I didnt have the time to read this whole thread but I have to say that graffiti in it self, not on a wall, not on private property is a art. But as soon as you put graffiti into its true element going out bombing, taggin, stickering its a crime thats the bottom ass line. No matter how strongly you feel about your passion graffiti is a crime. An art? yes on canvas, on permissioned walls, but the bottom line is once its put on someone elses property it looses its so called innocence and the label of crime merely falls over it entierly... dont get me wrong I love bombing but I understand what Im doing... FAT
Look at my signature, Is that not a form of art? all normal artists who dont do graffiti, still have stylized letters in lots of there work, and thats all graffiti really is, is styled letters..it is art. If it wasnt an art,,then youd see begginners throwin pro can2 styles and all that shit on the wall. but you dont, because its and art, and an art takes practice to get good at..and you practice to get good at something you dont beleive is art? well thats just wrong then,, if you dont think its art. then why try and get better at it?