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Is graffiti art or vandalism?
- Thread starter Heather S
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Belgian maiden
New member
I feel it depends on what is being drawn and on what. Some graffiti is really beautiful, almost like paintings, it can express a message or a picture appealing to quite a number of people, it can actually embellish an area.
Art is in the eye of the beholder, and this covers a very wide spectrum of people. Where I draw the line is when the graffiti is just a "quick scribble" with no universal (i.e. acceptable to quite a number of people) appeal or meaning, e.g. so-and-so WAZ ERE, or so-and-so loves so-and-so etc. - you know what I mean, close to what you find in public toilets...
Vandalism is another issue though, as it means that the graffiti has caused damage to property, e.g. it's not acceptable in language / pictures etc. and is also almost impossible to remove unless at some (sometimes great) cost. I can't agree with this as being art.
Art should have no intention to vandalise.
Art is in the eye of the beholder, and this covers a very wide spectrum of people. Where I draw the line is when the graffiti is just a "quick scribble" with no universal (i.e. acceptable to quite a number of people) appeal or meaning, e.g. so-and-so WAZ ERE, or so-and-so loves so-and-so etc. - you know what I mean, close to what you find in public toilets...
Vandalism is another issue though, as it means that the graffiti has caused damage to property, e.g. it's not acceptable in language / pictures etc. and is also almost impossible to remove unless at some (sometimes great) cost. I can't agree with this as being art.
Art should have no intention to vandalise.
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drummerqueen
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Depending on where you do the graffiti. Can effect its meaning. For insistence if someone did it on the side of my house. I would not be happy, but if their was a wall dedicated to it in the town, well then it would be an expressive art for young people.
not in my yard
New member
Depends on how well it is done.
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InAnotherLife08
Guest
It is an expression of creativity irregardless of certain legalities. Unless it's filthy words like 'suck my *** ' or somehting like that. I've seen some awesome art on cargo holders on the trains in Chicago before.
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Aenok
Guest
It is both, it is more art if you try and make it artistic and more vandalism if you try it to vandalize something. It really depends.