Graffiti, a well-known act of vandalism. Many people have an understanding that graffiti is a "gang mark" or some disgraceful paint on your local shop wall. The following essay will show that graffiti can be art instead of crime.
Every year many unjustified cases are filed against so called “criminals” who are simply expressing themselves, here is an example. In 2008, a group of south Londoners where arrested for vandalism which led to a 2-year sentence. Mean whilst the group began their jail time, their graffiti work was being 'championed' by a New York art gallery. How is it fair that the group’s graffiti was being admired by the public in a completely different city? Whilst they were locked up in a cold, gloomy cell? In Britain, whilst Italian tourists fly over to the UK with their flashy cameras to get a street art tour in exchange of £20, the artists who took the time to plan out their next graffiti work & pay for all the resources will be arrested. If you didn’t think an act of vandalism has a serious punishment for a …show more content…
There has got to be some boundaries otherwise the whole world would be covered in graffiti. If the artists were to be mature, I think that it should be legal. Graffiti has developed too much to be hated on; originally it started in Philidelphia in 1960. It has shaped the face of hip hop. It has become a style of font. So why should it be such an awful thing? Imagine walking through a city after working in a small plain office all day, the walls around you are grey, every corner you turn, grey. It would not have a good impact on your mood. Now imagine yourself in the same position again but now when you turn the corner you see a big painting of an extremely detailed tiger on the wall, his main shaken and ruffled, blowing in the wind, every strand of hair is sprayed on individually to make the mass amount of hair, how would you feel? I know I would feel empowered and
Every year many unjustified cases are filed against so called “criminals” who are simply expressing themselves, here is an example. In 2008, a group of south Londoners where arrested for vandalism which led to a 2-year sentence. Mean whilst the group began their jail time, their graffiti work was being 'championed' by a New York art gallery. How is it fair that the group’s graffiti was being admired by the public in a completely different city? Whilst they were locked up in a cold, gloomy cell? In Britain, whilst Italian tourists fly over to the UK with their flashy cameras to get a street art tour in exchange of £20, the artists who took the time to plan out their next graffiti work & pay for all the resources will be arrested. If you didn’t think an act of vandalism has a serious punishment for a …show more content…
There has got to be some boundaries otherwise the whole world would be covered in graffiti. If the artists were to be mature, I think that it should be legal. Graffiti has developed too much to be hated on; originally it started in Philidelphia in 1960. It has shaped the face of hip hop. It has become a style of font. So why should it be such an awful thing? Imagine walking through a city after working in a small plain office all day, the walls around you are grey, every corner you turn, grey. It would not have a good impact on your mood. Now imagine yourself in the same position again but now when you turn the corner you see a big painting of an extremely detailed tiger on the wall, his main shaken and ruffled, blowing in the wind, every strand of hair is sprayed on individually to make the mass amount of hair, how would you feel? I know I would feel empowered and