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    types of graffiti. Tagging and masterpieces. Tagging can be anything from people names, to their gang names , or anything meaningless, and random. Masterpieces are well thought out and have many meaning behind it. Tagging or a masterpieces graffiti is vandalism. Graffiti is vandalism because it can be meaningless, it cost lots of money to fix if it illegal, and some of it can be inappropriate. The first reason graffiti is vandalism is because most of it is pointless. In the video “Graffiti: Art or

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    Storm Shepherd Professor Beerline Com 1110 Date Is Graffiti Art or Vandalism? 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

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    Whether or not graffiti is a form of artwork or vandalism has always been a subject for debate in Toronto. In this article, I will tell you why graffiti is in fact a form of vandalism, and that we should try to wipe out all form of graffiti in this city. Graffiti negatively impacts societies for several reasons. First of all, removing graffiti from walls and other structures are draining our tax funds. Money that could be used to build parks, community centers, and schools, are instead being used

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    The graffiti scene in Connecticut is growing as more walls are being sprayed painted with graffiti art and tags. In the recent weeks, there has been a crack down on graffiti and arrests made in Waterbury, CT. Two men used the social media site Instagram to post pictures of them leaving their marks around the city of Waterbury in the form of graffiti tags and pictures. Calvin Ellerbee- Former Art Director Calvin Ellerbee is a Connecticut resident who was a former Art Director at Fayetteville State

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    called graffiti and tagging it. Later, people started tagging subways, and everyone wanted to have their own unique tag. So, they started to become creative and become different from each other. Now it has evolved over several years and become something beautiful and eye opening, something that means the world to people without saying a single word. This something is known as graffiti. An article written by Mark Halsey Alison Young, “brings to light the complex and creative aspects of graffiti

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    Is graffiti art? Yes, graffiti is art, through vandalism. By this I mean that graffiti artists are just as much artists as anyone else but their workspace is simply different than a Leonardo Da Vinci’s. Yes graffiti is unwarranted but anything can be considered art. Graffiti is art because it portrays a message and it lets voices be heard, graffiti lets youth express themselves through a unique way and it adds beauty and difference to our world. Graffiti portrays a message whether it’s spelled out

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    However, graffiti doesn’t solely belong to gangs and gang members that need to communicate and speak through that. For instance taggers are artists, or lets say many of them think of themselves artists. Their graffiti is usually very clever and artful. Their art may still be associated with the act of vandalism (since they typically post their art on public belongings, public property, on the floor, on buses and trains, on the window of commercial businesses, walls and etc.). Some art museums are

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    because i have heard comments and rumors around the community about graffiti being in museums and in art galleries. Graffiti should not be in art galleries or in museums because graffiti started out in the streets and thats where it should stay. First of all, tagging and graffiti are very different even though there are spoken in similar context. In source 1 by Steven Dolan it states “Although tagging is the most common type of graffiti, there are bigger, more accomplished examples that appear on larger

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    Should Graffiti Be Considered Art? Who determines whether or not graffiti is art? Graffiti is pictures or words painted or drawn on a wall or building. Graffiti is art because it sends a message. Firstly, It is clear that graffiti is not art because it is a form of vandalism and that is a crime. It is basically marking something on someone else's property without their consent. It can also lead to other serious crimes “ such as littering and loitering and other forms of property destruction are

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    as graffiti is in its purest form, untheorized on public and privet spaces, it is, by definition vandalism. this does not stop the movement from growing. Since the late 1980's and the "train car wars" graffiti culture has flourished, making its way into our society whether we like it or not. Artists put valid work into their artform, they add color that brightens up urban areas and un otherized art is still art, no matter what form. Graffiti is an art form and it is here to stay. Graffiti artists

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