Research Paper On Graffiti

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

If you were to go open a dictionary and look up the definition of art, you would see that it has art as “The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination…” (“Art” 2017) and “Works produced by human creative skill and imagination.” (“Art” 2017). From these definitions, graffiti is art, yet in most cases, it’s considered vandalism because it is done without permission of the property. When graffiti is done in a designated place or with the permission of the property owner, then it can truly be considered art. But even if these circumstances are not met, if the graffiti goes beyond a simple tag, it is art.

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.

Most people think of graffiti as vandalism or the defacing of private property by wild teenagers with spray cans. I had never really thought about graffiti or art for that matter until I found myself defending something I didn’t know about because I liked what I saw on the sidewalk in Memphis, Tennessee. Now, that’s sounds crazy but I did my best to explain using simple words that I hoped they would understanding.

Graffiti can be found everywhere and anywhere. It is a way for people to express themselves and be creative in a public manner. It shows how passionate and talented they can be when it comes to drawing or tagging and have it displayed as a piece of art for everyone to see. Graffiti goes way back to the ancient times and is now very well known in the modern days which makes more and more people interested and fascinated by them. It can be used in different types of ways. Many artists can either spray paint, carve, paste, or stencil them on a surface. From how we see them today they are usually images of random cartoons, big bubbly letters, vintage black and whites or inspirational quotes. Virtually anything colorful or not and big that can be easily spotted. Graffiti is more superior to be known as art than vandalism because it is a self expressing act. People need to be open minded about the images they see and look at the message behind it or else they will immediately criticize and say it is vandalizing property.

New York City in the 1970’s was the birthplace for an expression called graffiti. The artform known as graffiti was a way for artist much like myself to express themselves to the world using a painting, mural of their name, or characters. Leaving an anonymous work of art leaves the world wondering. The idea of art being spray painted on the side of subway cars and practically broadcasted to the world was profound. On the other hand, the state and city found graffiti as defacing property and vandalism; however, an artist like myself does not see it that way. Due to many hardships faced by communities on the streets of NYC most teenagers and adults see graffiti as a way to paint their town with their story. As far as vandalism goes, you can

Although graffiti is a dynamic expression, it is also unacceptable and disastrous. Multiple schools understand defacement is sabotaging premise, it is not satisfying. Graffiti is something close to a dreadful description of just an amusing delightful smiley face.Just like it is to draw a horrible outrages, nasty words, or pictures. Graffiti is something no one should transcribe or undertake.

break the law as well.For these reasons , Graffiti should not be allowed because it is not a good

This form of protest focuses on disrupting the peace and damaging property, whether it be personal or government belongings. Vandalism, such as graffiti, is an act of public disturbance caused by a social activists who wants to generate awareness of issues and to influence people’s thoughts. I believe that this is not a form of protest because it does not bring awareness to an issue but instead causes more chaos to the individuals involved. When someone damages someone else’s property, it is extremely violating and eventually will make that particular social group look bad. If you are vandalizing property on behalf of a movement or campaign, then you are therefore a representation of what your group believes in. For example, when someone riots and vandalizes someone’s property because they are angry is against the law and overall it just puts the person doing the criminal act back a couple of steps in spreading their message

The first reason graffiti is vandalism is because most of it is pointless. In the video “Graffiti: Art or Vandalism” it states, “ some of the things put on the walls are meaningless some say it shit on the wall” (Graffiti: Art or Vandalism, 2013). When people say it is meaningless they are talking about the taggings. It is just a name or sign that is meaningless.

Graffiti is being viewed less as vandalism and more as art. Lately there has been a large push to give painters places to make graffiti without it being illegal and the painters getting in trouble. Many large cities are putting up walls whose sole purpose are to be used for graffiti so the artist have a safe place to express their ideas and not have to worry about being arrested. In many places, especially Detroit, old rundown buildings that are no longer being used are having graffiti sprayed all over them. That shouldn’t be illegal or viewed as vandalism because the building is vacant and will never be used again. If the city allowed people to legally use the building for graffiti the amount of illegal graffiti around the city would go down

In my opinion I think it can be Graffiti vandalism because it might say bad words and it can say or draw inappropriate things. Also some people are not going to want to visit these paintings because of people writing bad things. People may put offending things of peoples cultures and that could get people upset.

Graffiti can be recognized as a form of art, or a crime, but I see it as mischievous beauty. Graffiti consists of inscriptions, slogans and drawings scratched, scribbled or painted on a wall or other public or private surface. In the book (Let The Great World Spin, 168), Fernando Yunque Marcano explains, “The ones you find in darkness. Way in the sides of the tunnels. The surprise of them. The deeper the better. Lit up by the moving lights of the train and caught for just an instant so that he’s never quite sure if he's seen them or not.”. Graffiti is used by people to express their deepest emotions, to give others a glimpse of a part of their life, whether it’s a triumph or a tragedy, or to have others ponder and relate it to their own lives,

What is graffiti? Graffiti has been thought of as art and vandalism at the same time, but the reasons for it are different not having approval and the meaning behind what they put up being inappropriate, would be considered vandalism. In my opinion, it's both but it depends . Art is completely different considering it's actually appropriate.

Graffiti has put a major impact on the way people look at their everyday life. It was not used so much here in the United States but was used overseas. Overseas, graffiti, or street art, was used or played as a sport, just like baseball is Americas sport. There are different laws that are put over there than what there are here. They can get away with some of the things that they paint or make over there. If we tried some of that type of work over here, we would get in trouble and possibly serve time for vandalizing someone else’s property. There are many biased outlooks on graffiti, but it should be considered art in all places because of all the time, effort, and design the artist put into their work.