why are the people so close-minded and persecute graffiti artists for their work?

Answer 1

Here's some kansas city art..

http://www.heathenworld.com/graffiti/tva2.html

Some of these artists are so good that they've been commissioned to do their works.

I have mixed feelings on the subject. Nobody does graf on wall street. They usually do it in neighborhoods where they live and work. They do it on trains becuase there are no train stations in the country clubs and gated communities. Train cars are also the only way to get your work displayed in "circulation".

I don't think it makes the area look cheap. It actually improves the look of the slum where the artists live. The landlords won't offer any improvements, and the artists do with their design work.

It's just as real as any other form of art.

Answer 2

I think they're only persecuted when the graffiti is on the side of someone home or business...and they're alot of gang graffiti that's real crap ... that gets put in the same category.

Answer 3

If you paint anything on my house, car, back yard wall, etc., without me giving you permission to do so then you are:

1. Breaking the law by invading my property and defacing my property. You are showing total disrespect for all human rights by saying you are above the law that protects each person's rights.

2. And you are saying you don't have a strong enough degree of self-respect, that you think you have to force people to pay attention to you by plastering your name all over the walls of some local neighborhood, that you don't believe you will either receive or will deserve recognition any other way

Answer 4

Hmmm, I'm sorry to read some of these answers, but I guess it drives home why you're asking the question. I personally find the medium fascinating. Yes, it often is a form of vandalism, but not always. I'm blogging about the virtues of the art form (see my brief entries here: http://theaestheticelevator.com/tag/art/graffiti/), which you might find very interesting.

Answer 5

nicely, i assume it somewhat is like this....you're ideal once you call a number of those human beings "artists." the different graffiti I see right here in Pittsburgh is somewhat stunning....nicely conceived and performed. yet once you owned, say, a house or employer interior a city, do you extremely need somebody showing their artwork on the area of your development? as sturdy as lots of it somewhat is, if i wanted a graffiti artist's artwork on the area of my shape, i could have interaction one in each and every of them in my opinion (and pay them for it besides)....and basically like publishers, i would not be drawn to any unsolicited artwork.

Answer 6

Graffiti is painted on other peoples things(walls, cars, truck trains etc,etc).
I kinda like my stuff (that I paid for by the way) to stay just as they are.
A true artist paints on their own stuff!

Answer 7

Graffiti is vandalism.

Just because you like it, doesn't make it right. If your community wants to set space aside for community-based art...more power to them. (I support several projects like this.)

But, otherwise, you create a situation where either you allow everything...or you have content-based censorship. Which profanities should allowed? Is that a gang sign? It it art?

By creating a clear boundary between where it is and is not acceptable to express yourself, you make things simpler for all sides.

Answer 8

Because a lot of it is down in very public areas makes the city look cheap, and dirty or dirtier. In the end it brings every ones moral and feeling about their cities down. Beside if you own one of those buildings you won't want people to paint all over it and bring down your values.

Answer 9

I think it is because of the vandalism. People like use the world around them as a canvas, because of them feeling that there isnt anything big enough or good enough to paint on other than what is around them.

Answer 10

Grafitti is ART!
at least an art form...like any art form, some people like it & some don't. i'm not a graf artist but i know that what is tagged on a wall, building or train is more than just reckless random spraying whereever. each tag reads as a symbol to that artist, to that community of territory, subculture, notice, respect, etc. there is more to it than "gang" name grafitti. some tags are of the artists name itself as simple as self-expression. alot of grafitti is found in cities but not all. i live in a homogenous populated sub-burb where grafitti is found but limited. cities are cities because of their cultural diversity and the ability to bring all of that together in one place is beautiful. graffiti, like many forms of art, speaks on a higher level & represents more than meets the eye. it's true that it may mean more to some, like those who create it or who live in the area, than it means to others who are tourists or visitors.
to answer your question...sadly, many people are closed-minded because they chose to be ignorant and only accept what they can relate to. and in the lives of many, many people their world consists of their home, their immediate family, their job and their commute to work (alone in a car) everyday.
For example, ever see Jay Leno's segment called "Jaywalkers"? He walks the streets asking 'everyday people' questions about politics, past world events, etc. I saw an episode once where he asked, "Who is our current Vice President?" NOT one of 7 people knew!! That's embarassing!
Too many people are self-absorbed and unaware of the greater world around them. Until that changes, people will contuinue to be closed-minded while the open-minded will have an unoffcial sworn duty to try to educate the closed-minded.
Voting pro-self-expression,
Nicole