Graffiti - art or vandalism?

Originally posted by Tex
Lil 😛

Sorry Tex, didnt mean to ignore you 😮

Im ot talking about the art of graffiti, just about the debaite thats currently going on in UK about making it illegal 😛

Sorry, Lil, but you are wrong. Only public nuisance graffiti is going to cracked down upon. The type that WD describes above is OBVIOUSLY fine.

graffiti can sometimes look cool but it's vandalism and i don't agree with it

depeends...if they are alouded to do it..it sometimes look cool...but sadly most of the time its vandalism

when done on a wall (mural) or canvas....it's art.

When done on a freeway overpass or wall dividing a road from a freeway...it's vandalism...no matter how nice the picture is...

The way I interpret it:
What Lil posted is a Mural. Murals are accepted forms of art.
Graffiti is vandalism, and should be punished as such.

What Lil posted could not be Graffiti because there is no way that could have been done without the athorities being notified.

True Tptmanno1, however, no drawings of such will be allowed.

Even the Greenpeace has been critisised because of the drawings on the wall, even though they are no crminals.

I just re-read the news, and they are not wanthing the drawings on the wall whatsoever. Which is a shame.

Obvioulsy, tag-graffiti shouldnt be allowed, it never was in the first place.

As is usually the case around here, the question is too open ended.

Graffitti is definitely a form of art, no question. Whether or not its vandalism depends on where you put it. The 70 year old shop-owner may not like the bomb you drop on his wall, no matter how well done it is. On the other hand, that same shop-owner may commision an artist to beautify that same wall.

I think that if they get permission by the owner of whatever tehy want to draw on, then it's perfectly fine and can be considered art.

If some dumbass gang member writes something like "Liz wuz here" on an over pass, then it's not art, it's a crime.

graffiti is vandalism. How would you like to build a nice wall outside your house, spend a heap painting it and then about a week later some idiot comes along a writes their name all over it! 😘

Originally posted by BackFire
I think that if they get permission by the owner of whatever tehy want to draw on, then it's perfectly fine and can be considered art.

If some dumbass gang member writes something like "Liz wuz here" on an over pass, then it's not art, it's a crime.

Exactly 👆

And its because of those idiots that they are not going allow any kind of writings on the walls, permitted or not.

as backfire said. some stoopid punk a$$w!pe spraying paint all over the city bridges and structures deserves to be arrested for vandalism. but what lil b showed on the previous page was pretty impressive. to concieve and materialize a concept like that requires skills... mad skills. spraying "i'm a gangsta" under a bridge is way beyond stoopid... any two year old with a spray paint can do that.

Art

to me if you scrawl i fuked..... here 9t9 then its graffiti that shudnt be there but at my sk8 park theres a wall with a big symbol saying leek crew and that looks really respectable and fits in wit the surroundings...

so to me its the area and wat itses that matters

depends on the type

yup

If the owner gives permission to paint on their building why is it called art-graffiti?......isnt graffiti vandalism? and doesnt vandalism mean to distory property why dont they just call it art?
I think that if the owner is saying your allowed to paint on their wall then its ok. Its dumb that they want to get rid of that too because seriously who complains about that? its like saying go take all paintings off the walls and close art galleries cause people might get offended. its when people go and do it without any permisson its not right.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Exactly 👆

And its because of those idiots that they are not going allow any kind of writings on the walls, permitted or not.

they explained why they want to out-law it?

yup ..

graffity is udoubtly art. but some people do "graffity" like strange and ugly notes on buildings. it isn't graffity!