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…
Its artists perform on the cultural margins of society. It’s very clear that drawing on property is a crime, but what if the drawing can change the world? Shepard Fairey, a well known artist, has made a career based off his start in street art. His specific designs have reached global recognition due to his very successful clothing line, and his influence on the 2008 presidential election in the United States. Graffiti can influence change in a positive way if the…
You see it on sidewalks, walls, trains, and in public bathrooms. You’ve never put much thought into graffiti. Some graffiti you see can be funny and welcoming, while others can be crude and racist. The Oxford Dictionary defines graffiti as being, “writings or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or in a public place,” while other people argue that it’s not illegal and is art. Which side of the story is correct?…
1.I affirmatively disagree that graffiti should not be taken from the streets and sold on the art market. The reason behind it, is the fact that you're claiming it as your own work without the other individual’s consent. In addition, the person that did the graffiti wouldn't want his/her work to be sold due to the meaning of his/her creative expression. 2. I believe that some graffitis should be displayed on the museum if and only if the artist gives consent.…
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.…
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.…
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”…
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…
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 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…