2007-03-05 15:08:30 · 12 answers · asked by appletree 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
It's vandalism because it destroys the property of others, plain and simple. Most people don't want some idiot spray painting his name on their garage door. 99.9% of the time the culprit didn't receive permission or was not requested to apply permanent paint to someone else property. If this "artist" wants to paint, let him spray paint the side of HIS house, HIS business, HIS car, etc. What right does he have to wreck my stuff? So he can spray paint all over my property? If they can do whatever they'd like to my property, without my permission, then I guess I can do the same to theirs and they wouldn't get upset, right? I guess that means I can create some art too and "express myself" by taking a sledge hammer to his car, eh? I'll call it "modern art" and sell it to a gallery.
On the other hand, if the "artist" obtains a permit from the city to do a mural with spray paint on a wall then that's a different story. I've seen a few murals that were done with spray can/urban art/graffiti style and which were sanctioned by the city; those were pretty cool. In that case, it wasn't destructive but was something that was requested or, at the very least, approved of.
2007-03-05 15:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by The Man In The Box 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I view graffiti as both an artistic expression AND a non-destructive form of vandalism. It's art in that it does what "art" is supposed to do -- get noticed and get a reaction. Some graffiti is beautiful and I wonder what the artist would do with a more respectable canvas. It's vandalism in that it's generally done on someone else's property and defaces what it's applied to and usually needs to be removed.
2007-03-05 15:20:36 · answer #2 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on the reasons behind the making of it. Somewho who thinks their graffiti is art, REAL art, will take more time with it and create something worth looking at. Take Banksy for example. He is gaining fame because his stenciled graffiti paintings are thoughtful and well done. His work has MEANING behind it beyond the usual gang symbols and bubble letters you commonly see today.
I hate to see scribbled, messy graffiti all over bridges and buildings, but sometimes a very detailed image might make me look past the vandalism.
2007-03-05 17:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi, my name is philip.
I just moved from europe and now I live in michigan...
I grew up with graffiti, heres the thing I started art when I was about 4 and by the age of 10 I started sketching and by the age of 12 I started graffiti.
Graffiti is definitly ART!! but it can be mixed with vandalism, but when it is done illegally there is still ART involved you are creating a piece of art ( ugly or abstract or what ever ), Street art basicaly its hard to understand it but too bad people dont accept it as ART, If you do it on an aproved wall or your own wall or someones wall that allows you yes its definitely ART.
Graffiti isnt just writing words on a wall or tagging your name everywhere, Take DAIM as an example he does graphics and realistical organisms on walls, he makes T-shirts with his art on it but its art is graffiti, or take BANKSY he is an artist he does graffiti but mixes it up with other types of art.
It's also a ancient type of art but graffiti is considerd writing your name or words on a wall with spraypaint, but did you ever know that us graffiti artists use vinyl stickers, paint ( buckets ) and other things and media support ettc....?
2007-03-06 13:04:50 · answer #4 · answered by philip han 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Graffitti is just vandalism.. because it destroys work that someone else has done.. and it does so on purpose...
Some of it really looks cool.. and some of it is requested...
You can look at nearly anything as art.. it is just a choice of location that makes it Graffitti and vandalism... and sometimes it can be dangerous when it covers over warning signs or critical information (like covering the clearance information under a low bridge)...
2007-03-05 15:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as a lowbrow/outsider/popcontemporary artist I've written with aerosol & it's a difficult medium . many street writers have learned that they can get grants to do useful work & many work on large canvases . sloppy art in any medium is vandalism . do you read juxtapoz magazine ? it peroidotically features the really great writers . i don't condone painting on anyones property , but you do have to appreciate the art for its value in itself . check out grafitt.org or bansky , some good stuff ! popclt.com is my website , ta/ta tp. mullin
2007-03-06 06:00:52 · answer #6 · answered by popartist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is artwork, if this is finished on a floor meant for graffiti. If this is on public or inner maximum materials, this is vandalism. in simple terms like oil portray is artwork yet once you oil paint somebody's BMW it somewhat is a criminal offense.
2016-10-17 09:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Man In a Box's excellent answer. It is vandalism. Let them deface their own house, car etc not my neighbourhood.
2007-03-05 15:55:31 · answer #8 · answered by Nofret 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's vandalism. They ruin things that other people worked for. It's another form of bullying. "You can't have nice things because I like to put my name over them."
2007-03-05 15:16:30 · answer #9 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
vandalism. Would you spray paint a public place, no matter how much talented you are?
2007-03-05 15:16:29 · answer #10 · answered by S B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋