Martinez, José. “Know Your Graffiti: Art, Vandalism or Gang Device?” Home, 12 Mar. 2012, 12:11pm, www.oncentral.org/news/2012/03/06/know-your-graffiti-art-vandalism-or-gang-device/. Jose Martinez goes over how you can tell the difference between art work and gang tagging. He interviewed an LA police officer and a gang member on how exactly they represent gangs and their territory. Jose also says how gangs tag where people can read it and understand it.…
The ‘graffiti wars’ say about social relations of inequality and power in cities is that power of the city is in the hands of the government and those higher in power. They are the one who want to have control over what rules public space and what does not. Officials have the power to put up private corporate advertising but choose to label public graffiti as disorderly or criminal. Graffiti challenges this social order and it is those from below with lower power and faced with multiple inequalities such as race, age, social class, such as impoverished black youth and the like, that are taking back their cities and expressing urban hip hop culture, just as seen by black and hispanic urban youth in the film Style Wars (quote). It is a tool to…
Advertising executives would lost their profits because graffiti could occupy their space. Graffiti writers have their own risk to against power people and law…
By law the artists must be notified to be able to save his artwork or moving it someplace else before they can removed them, Romero had every right to sue Caltrans. In conclusion, taggers have a huge impact on the artists artwork they can have their artwork be removed by the city. The artists spend so much time in making art for the people who live in L.A., they shouldn't be able to go see their art defaced by graffiti or being removed by the city because someone decided to tag on their…
Example Essay That stinking clown poster. At least it was on a wall where I couldn’t see it. That didn’t get rid of the feeling that it could see me. That was something Dan liked to use against Chris and I.…
Although numerous people enjoy to graffiti, walls, trains, and bridges it is illegal and a crime. Even though many schools have graffiti our school has fallen victim to these criminals. Even though schools have been falling victim to graffiti our school has fallen victim here resently, and the graffiti is getting much worse.…
Tags are text based and largely indecipherable by those outside the graffiti community. The intention behind a tag is the rebellious proliferation of the artist’s signature, akin to brand name advertising”…
Although people may see graffiti all over town, no one wants to help fix it or stop it. Graffiti may look cool, but it is substantially illegal. A school building needs to look neat and nice or no one will ever want to come to it, unless of course they think that it is a mental hospital. One way that you could help stop graffiti is to install a camera where no one can visualize it but make it where the camera can see almost everything. Some people might put it behind a bush or hide in a box then super glue the box to the ground.…
These artists put themselves in danger to create their works of art, I respect them for their struggle to bring their artwork to life. It amazes me how long it took cities to acknowledge graffiti as an art form rather than a stain on the city landscape, as well as part of the culture. I applaud cities embracing this style of art and capitalizing on it by showcasing pieces around the city. Graffiti has gone from a frowned upon activity to bringing in tourists who crave a different artistic venue. People would not decorate their homes with photographs of well-known murals, done by graffiti artists, if it was not…
Lastly the graffiti is being sold without the knowledge of the artist causing a stir. Graffiti is vandalism because it’s on private property. It’s not fair for the owners of the property to have their property destroyed. “I find it offensive to call these ‘guys artist’ Tyson said ‘I don’t think they deserve to be called artist when there’re destroying public property’ (Phat X. Chiem)…
(Wilde, Danielle). Finally, graffiti isn’t usually the only illegal thing these artist do. They can be tied into other crimes such as, “Gang-related crimes and violence are the crimes most commonly associated with graffiti. ”(Sanchez, Noel). Graffiti makes cities, homes, and businesses look cheap and it is not like they want that on their building it is illegal by state, so why would something that cost so much be considered…
As it clearly seen, graffiti artist purpose is to make the environment more livable in terms of beauty. In short, if everybody wants to live in beautiful surroundings, they ought to find graffiti as art. What is more, just like art, graffiti moves people to positive emotions so it is definitely not vandalism. A large number of people feel positive emotions while they are looking at pictures. This also happens when people look at graffities.…
Let me end by saying I am big fan of Graffiti also known as street art. Graffiti shouldn’t be a crime, illegal, or vandalism. What if everything you loved to do was a crime or illegal? Would you be you? Some people may not consider Graffiti art, or any form of art, but to some people it is more than art.…
Graffiti was once labeled as street art which was frequently a prominent problem in urban cities; defacing or “tagging” public and private property was against the law. As time as evolved, so has the street art culture. Today, street art is one of most sought after and creative outlets for local artists. The culture around street art can be interesting in the fact that artists build their names and reputation with one piece of work at a time; sometimes when it starts to take over the city it gets the attention it has been wanting. Street art is now very innovative featuring many different art styles and often makes a commentary on a social issue and if it does not, then it was created to help change the city.…
Graffiti is an art not many people can say that they have perfected because it is straining for most people. Even though graffiti can be vandalism, is can be a way that many people express themselves. Graffiti could be a problem in many schools, but fixing this problem could be as effortless as letting students define…