Graffiti, art or not?

Thank you Jesus. Just answer me this though, why did you think Graffiti was not a art?

 

Well, I am glad we agree now.

 

If it's something old(I.e.,Broken down train...Old cars,etc) then yeah,why not?
But if its a statue,monument or something really important,No.

 

i thought griffiti looked like crap

 

I live in a bad neighborhood so that could explain it

 

See the white scribbles all around it? thats the only graffiti i see. also, this guy has skills, why doesnt he actually paint something? no doubt he has skills but its not something you want to see in your street. The type of graffiti i like is where they actually paint a picture, not there name thats impossible to read.

 

You don't need to explain it to us. :O

 

Lol shut up =p

 

The reason why they post it on the street is because they want to get well known by not putting their real names. It's a good question though, they would make some money for their art work.

 

well, i know people do get paid to make murals in certain spots, so they could make money with their skills.

 

Yeah, but I think they should look for some job where they can use these skills. I do have to admit Graffiti is bad on the bad, but the work itself it amazing.

 

OMFG $3 a tin!! Yeh, well i did get into tagging and then realised that the only people at my school who were tagging were the ones who got into fights and smoked heaps n yeh so i stopped. Now i only do throwies and Pieces. I absolutley hate it when people tag on houses and stuff. I saw some kid tag on a war memorial. It made me so fucking angry. Thats the only stff that isnt art.

 

I personally like the look of graffiti,
I dont approve the use of it to claim territory for gangs.

 

Yeh i hate that crips nd bloods shit or all those gang things. We dont have much in Australia though.

 

That's true. But true taggers, don't claim any gangs. They just tag for the fun of it.

 

Well if you look at tags and see 3 random letters after it, its usually a krew which is pretty much a gang of people who just go around writing and destroying. They tag for fun yes, and they tag for the reputation.

 

Well most of them are tagging crew, which to me it's okay. They don't go around killing each other, they just "Cross" each others name off.

 

Yeh they "slash" eachother. Do you write?

 

I use to, "Melo". I stopped because our tagging crew was turning into a gang, didn't want any part of that.
Do you?

 

Yeh, im in a krew. We hit trains mainly. I dont tag much though. I think our krew is turning that way and i dont want to be a part of it.