sort of,like stencils.ive seen real nice stencil that have a meaning but is illegal.same with graff in a way
Im replyin to a hella old reply but whatev. I personally think an artist works on his/her art forever perfecting it and what not. I have worked years on advancing my style and the way it looks. Even if it is tags and bombs, it takes years to perfect. Even after years, its not perfected. Theres still that feeling that you know you can make it better. So i think that if you put your life into perfecting it, i would consider it an art. Art(noun;pronounced-ahrt): the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. Hence of course the toy shit out there that looks like shit. There is a certain level till its considered art i think.
creative destruction to me a hobby which becomes an obsesion where you strive to hit that one perfect place with that one perfect piece thats my views
personally i think piecing/murals/burners that are good are considered art.bombing however..im just not a fan off. Its jsut marking your teratory?But piecing is more expressive and more different.
nah bombing is an artform its a sub art of graffiti in a scense before you can even throw up you kneed a solid tag /bomb then you can do blocks n so on ...
I think some graffiti is art. The world is a sketchbook, everybody's early pieces will suck to some degree, but eventually one can become a master, and it's then that i think it is really art. some fool's scribble on a subway chair is definately not art. a dope tag with complex structure and connections is.
Of course graffiti is an art, my dad who is an artist even says graffiti is an artform, he likes it better on legal canvases thou. My art teachers in school think graffiti is an artform aswell just not when its againts the law, they'd rather you not do it thou. Then of course artist I talk to (Not Graff) think its a good artform on its own.
im my opinion its are otherwise we wudnt be spendin years developin styles and getttin crits for shit, plus its all a form of artistic expression... if it wasnt art then everyone would look like the mark ecko gettin up teens also, ppl like Daim even take influnce from artists like Dali and someone else cant remember the other one tho... i ono thats my views
i think it is cause evry part of it takes time and thought wether its a piece a bomb or just a tag vandilism to me is more like when u egg a house or break shit or what ever that takes no thought or time
I think it is art. Even throwies and tags. If you look through these forums and look around (in the toy section especially) you see two things. people posting pics of whatever and crits. If we were just out to do strict vandalism there is no reason to have anything good. It wouldnt matter if we were doing peace signs and swasticas or if we were piecing if graff was just about vandalism. The fact that we are striving to make it looks better is why it is art.
If you can go to an art gallery and see 2 lines and some paint splattered on a piece of a paper and its consider art then I would say you can consider all forms of graffiti, art. That doesn't necessarily mean its pleasant to look at, it just means basically anything can be considered art. I don't get why you said its vandalism so you don't consider it art because that really makes no sense. But to answer your original question, it technically is considered art. I would much rather look at Murals or Pieces than bombs or tags but its all art in one way or another.
Personally, I think that graffiti is art but also a form of adrenaline and secretively being popular. Tagging and etching is not art, it is merely a way of getting your name out and getting recognized so that people will keep a look out when they do see your actual art (pieces) and recognize the name that they saw on the streets. So yes, I do think graffiti is a form of art, but only parts of what graffiti is known for. I guess tagging and etching could be considered art because they are artistic ways of writing words but it's more just a creative way of getting your name out so people will recognize your talent and know your "name" when they see it under the bridge down the street or even on the side of their home.
Real graffiti, to me, is not art. It's vandalism. If you do legals, that's not graffiti, it's spray can art. This is fucking vandalism, get it through your thick skulls, almost everybody that doesn't graff agrees, they don't (usually) look at your shit and say oh wow this is some modern art right here. No. They look at it and think wow this fucking bastard just wrote on that wall. I don't care about your opinion, if you respond to this bitching about how oh this point is invalid because blah blah blah, I really don't care. Fuck man... Oh, by the way, try telling the pigs it's art, yeah they'll become real nice to you then...
To some people they are out to get their name up, destroy everything, and rebel. In that way I don't consider it an art. Some people want to put up the best work they can. That is art. When you try and perfect it, care about it, and work hard to make it look good even if its a throwie or tag it's still art. To me it just depends how you look at it.
its both...i dont see much art in tagging..altho a tagger still has to design his tag...work on it...if u can be bothered u will see the artistic side to tagging... piecing is deff art...just becuase it vandalises doesnt mean its not art....it just means your exhibiting your artwork on the streets for everyone to see....