People have their own different interpretations of the word “Art”. More interpretations most likely cause increasing disagreements. Art is a way of expressing your creative ability and imagination commonly through emotions by showing the audience rather than telling them. Art is also a universal language that is used through many platforms and one that is globally understood (citation). However, people will interpret the meaning of art differently to the way others do. The same applies to “graffiti”, there are many ways you could describe or define “graffiti” however, one person will have a different perspective on it from another.
The question “To what extent can graffiti be considered a form of art?” will not only explore the style of graffiti however it will also explore the term “Street Art” as both are interrelated. Since the two terms are similar and interchangeable they are constantly mistaken and confused for one another (Zavokos, 2016). Studying Art people learn how, to be inspired by their surroundings, to appreciate other artist’s work and to understand the messages behind the artwork, whether it would be social, historical or in a cultural …show more content…
Some cultures for example in Beijing, have already accepted graffiti in their society. Graffiti’s main purpose is mainly communicating with other gangs through displaying their work in public which the messages behind each graffiti may involve socio-political issues or “a cry for revolution”. (DeNotto, 2014) The main difference between graffiti and street art would be that graffiti involves tagging and it is a text-based form of communication. The way they communicate with one another is very interesting because most people cannot read most graffiti; they have their own “internal language” (Lewisohn, 2008), a secret language in their
The question “To what extent can graffiti be considered a form of art?” will not only explore the style of graffiti however it will also explore the term “Street Art” as both are interrelated. Since the two terms are similar and interchangeable they are constantly mistaken and confused for one another (Zavokos, 2016). Studying Art people learn how, to be inspired by their surroundings, to appreciate other artist’s work and to understand the messages behind the artwork, whether it would be social, historical or in a cultural …show more content…
Some cultures for example in Beijing, have already accepted graffiti in their society. Graffiti’s main purpose is mainly communicating with other gangs through displaying their work in public which the messages behind each graffiti may involve socio-political issues or “a cry for revolution”. (DeNotto, 2014) The main difference between graffiti and street art would be that graffiti involves tagging and it is a text-based form of communication. The way they communicate with one another is very interesting because most people cannot read most graffiti; they have their own “internal language” (Lewisohn, 2008), a secret language in their