Graffiti In College

Graffiti is a disrespectful thing to put on public schools, it makes the adolescents think that it is ok to go around and do the same. Graffiti persuades other students to draw or paint on school property. One way that schools help graffiti is by have a class that students can express themselves through their art. That would prevent them from painting on the school’s walls. They also would get to take art and show people their

Graffiti has been around for more than half a decade and practiced worldwide. However there is debate between whether it is a form of art or vandalism. Graffiti artists’ debate that many do not understand the reason most graffiti artist take the risk of incarceration, fines, injuries, and in some cases death to paint a wall. A graffiti artist can have the simple desire to become recognized, or to create a piece that speaks to their audience as a form of self expression. Because graffiti is associated with gangs and acts of destruction to some many cannot see the history and importance graffiti can have on a worldwide scale. Due to the fact that graffiti is usually produced illegally, meaning it is

Graffiti is a hobby that many people loved to do, but the other half of most people dislike graffiti and want it gone.

The value of any message or work of art, whether it is hanging on the wall of a gallery or a subway, lies on the intensity of the artist’s or vandal’s beliefs. Graffiti is an uncertain issue in respect to its virtue. While the voice of the individual must never be lost in a society of shouts growing larger and louder every second; graffiti is such a public medium that its integrity must be of great concern. Graffiti is a vast wasteland of indefinite opinions. Foremost graffiti is illegal and a form of vandalism, it invades peoples privacy and destroys their property. However, graffiti can be a means by which one may permanently express one’s self. It has the potential to convey a powerful, relevant

Graffiti has always been stigmatized as vandalism. Throughout history, unwanted markings on buildings has been seen as unlawful, crude, and unartistic. From the stone ages to the rise of gang graffiti in the 1970s, the word graffiti has had this negative connotation attached to it. Now, in the 21st century, people still associate graffiti with vandalism and negativity despite our growth as a society. The line between vandalism and art has been burred for some time, but in today’s society, graffiti is not simply petty acts of vandalism, but art and should be treated as such. People who think graffiti is only vandalism even in today’s modern society need to realize that modern graffiti is no longer tied to gang violence and is actual quite similar to modern advertising techniques. Also, if graffiti is legalized it would stop the government from wasting tax dollars to remove the graffiti and protect the artist’s creative freedom and first amendment rights.

If you walk through almost any city, the buildings, bridges, and any other available spaces are seemingly filled with colors, picture, and words that are not part of the original architecture. This graffiti, which is a mix of tags, stencils, pieces, and freestyle, seems to have almost taken over cities across the world. Some of this graffiti, such as tags, are eyesores, but some pieces, such as the High Line “Love Is the Answer” and “Kiss” murals in New York City, are sites that have become iconic pieces of artwork. Unfortunately, pieces like these are also starting to be covered to a seemingly astronomical rate, which is causing outrage among those who visited to them.

By definition, graffiti is illegal. It is also considered vandalism because public or private property is intentionally destroyed, but in Alex Boyd’s blog “In Defense of Graffiti”, he clearly conveys his argument about how graffiti shows qualities of value and shouldn’t be criticized on impulse. Even though many people have seen graffiti as something to be condoned, punishable, and terrorizing, it is actually just another form of expression, communication, art, and point of view.

Generally most people look and take graffiti as a form of destruction and wanting to cause violence, but in the artist’s mind they want to be creative and help the people around them by making art to cheer someone up or create a sense of creativity in others. They don’t do it to go to jail or because they want to pay a fine they do it because they are open minded and creative. For instance, “A lot of attention is given to the ‘broken window’ theory, which says that signs of disorder like petty vandalism, fare jumping … and yes, graffiti, open the window to larger crimes,” Verel told The Huffington Post. “But little is paid to the ways graffiti is harnessed for good in a form that’s both constructive and authentic”(Patrick Verel). They are taking this broken windows theory too far and only saying it can cause bigger crimes. Some graffiti artists are trying to uplift the neighborhoods and the people they live around with creative art. Also not all graffiti is bad enough to want artists to commit a crime. While making this art or graffiti I don’t think that these artist are trying to harm the buildings in any way, but they should ask for permission if they aren’t allowed to be painting on these buildings. This is to let the owner of the building know that they mean no harm to the environment or their workplace. For example, “Adam Cooper, cultural strategy officer for the mayor of London, thinks

Many people think that adults doing graffiti influences younger kids do it. That's simply not true. A graffiti artist by the name of 'Banksy', who is an unidentified artist in England, says "Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colors and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business." Graffiti is art and art is such a wonderful thing that makes others happy. If someone wants to do something that makes them happy, then people should let them. It's no different than painting or music or even doing makeup. It makes people happy. Being happy shouldn't be

Vandalism or graffiti is another crime that affects the public. Taxpayers have to deal with this because we have to pay for the graffiti to get off of buildings, cars, or homes. Graffiti encourages more crimes to happen because if one gang doesn’t like what another gang puts out there, then it becomes a gang fight. Graffiti promotes gangs, this shows that this is that particular gangs turf. Once you notice the graffiti you automatically know that a gang has taken over this area. Members wear graffiti tags to announce what gang they’re in (Almonte and Desmond 13). Gangs may identify themselves in many different ways, graffiti is just one of the most common ones. According to Justice, “the removal and preventing of graffiti vandalism is way costly to the

In the U.S.A, cities such as Chicago and Phoenix spend millions upon millions of dollars on graffiti cleanup. Children are also negatively influenced by graffiti. For example, if kids see that nothing is being done to those who

Graffiti can be found everywhere in our world. Recently, many young people draw graffiti in public place indiscriminately. They tag, and scars with symbol on all types of surfaces. As a result, many people are influenced by this issue. The issue is, is graffiti a criminal act or an artistic act. This report will talk about graffiti in Australia and its increase popularity in

In most states, graffiti is considered a criminal offense punishable by fines and community service. Of course, it is mainly committed on private or public property without permission and is, according to NYC.gov, “ Criminal mischief”! In fact, graffiti leads to many other crimes such as shoplifting,

Graffiti was once deemed as an empowering art form when it derived in the late 1960’s. It brought attention to many social and political issues through the use of various such as spray paint in urban places. As time

Although our school is under attack by graffiti, it will stop! Graffiti is written on a wall that is an expression of feelings. On to the walls of our school there are graffiti, there has never been the graffiti on Dierks high school since it has been built. I have a plan we can hire students to patrol the school grounds at night to watch for the graffiti scum that disgraced our school. In the future our past alumni will come back to this school and remember all of the fun memories they spent at Dierks high school they will not want to see all of this graffiti on every inch of this school. They say that graffiti is art, well i think that art is for a canvas not the walls of our school.