2006-09-10 00:46:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Define Mural - - - are you speaking about taggers spray painting a wall or an actual mural bought & paid for? Maybe urban communities have found they can minimalize 'vandalism' by sponsoring groups to splash paint on walls and such. However from a purely aestetic point of view if the archietect/builder had intended a wall to be blank and featureless and later someone splashes an image on it solely at their whim, then yes it is vandalism. One needs to get permission for an image on a wall, even the side of a freeway overpass, only then would it become a mural. Peace...
2006-09-10 00:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That would depend on where they are painted. Vandalism refers to anything - art or otherwise - that has been placed somewhere it was not supposed to be placed (think a school desk or a wall on the side of an office building where it was not supposed to be). Otherwise, though, a mural in a properly sanctioned place would not be considered vandalism, but an art form, and there are many companies that do pay good money for reputable artists to turn blank spaces of wall into murals.
Still, I suppose that there is a fine line between art and vandalism, especially when one talks about the street art (is that the term?) that has become prevalent in urban areas such as New York and Chicago. In such cases, it could boil down to a question of aesthetics.
2006-09-10 02:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by sleepwalkingdreamer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a Vandal showing off their talents, I am amazed by some of the murals I see, but since most of these individuals are young and wayward, they will not have a chance...I wonder if they have like a city mural anyone can draw or paint on? They should.
2006-09-10 00:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's vandalism if they do it *without* permission, regardless of whether it is pretty.
But when you hire someone to paint a mural on your own property, it's generally considered art.
Meanwhile, if you support graffiti, you should also support chainsaw art on your house. Give me your address and I'll be right over.
2006-09-10 00:53:00 · answer #4 · answered by Tom D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That would depend on who did it and where they did it at. Also if the city let them do it. There is a town not far from me that has murals painted on the flood walls and they are beautiful.
2006-09-10 00:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by shirley e 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it's an actual mural, then it's art.
If it's a collection of gang names x'd out and stupid crap, then it's vandalism.
2006-09-10 00:53:00 · answer #6 · answered by C K Platypus 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've seen some that are very well done and beautiful! I think as long as the portray a positive image, and have the building owner's permission to paint them, they're great!
2006-09-10 00:48:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Art - you have to be quite talented and some of them are amazing!!
2006-09-10 00:49:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
depending on the contents, but if it dosent offend anyone id say it was art
2006-09-10 00:48:21 · answer #9 · answered by arizonaprincess2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think they are great in the right places
2006-09-10 00:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by sleepwalker69 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋