Monday, April 2, 2007


Graffiti, without a doubt, is art. Art means any expression in the form of creativity. Art can be dance, music, poems, paintings, drawings, buildings, and even vandalizing a building with graffiti can be considered art. Like all art, just because one person doesn’t like graffiti, doesn’t mean it is not art. The person “tagging” their graffiti is definitely expressing themselves, if not in the graffiti itself then in the act of vandalizing. In the picture I took, whether the artist knew it or not, the colors complement each other. Next to the orange, you will find blue, next the green you will find yellow. This picture represents something to the artist, literally. If you look hard enough the design spells something. Graffiti will always be art and people need to learn to appreciate it even if they do not understand it. Just because graffiti is art, doesn’t give the artist a right to paint other people’s property. I think the solution to the nuisance art would be to have hired graffiti artists. These artists could graffiti park walls and make them colorful for children. They could graffiti day care centers or pre-schools and even art museums to make them a little more exciting on the outside. This art can be put to good use. People just have to learn to appreciate graffiti.

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