What do you think of graffiti?

[Abaddon]

I love some of the creative graffiti I see around me. Brighton, the city I live in is quite open to it, and often building sites are purposly sprayed to look nicer rather than just plain hordings. Many shops have their fronts designed and sprayed to look "different" and appealing.

Obviously the most famous graffiti artist would be Banksy.

Some of his work can be found in Brighton. There are tons an tons of other examples. Even the council gets involved sponsoring it.

(click on me)


Do you have any examples you love? Or do you think its scum vandalism>?

 

[King of Town]

Banksy is pretty awesome. i'm ok with graffiti as long as it isn't just someone with a can of black spraypaint writing his name on the wall. I actually have a good number of pictures of train gaffiti I was thinking of getting together for maybe a book. they're on my other compy, i'll have to get one.

 

[azzaman333]

There are worse crimes than grafitti, just don't do it on my house/fence.

 

[Bugfatty300]

i'm ok with graffiti as long as it isn't just someone with a can of black spraypaint writing his name on the wall.

Why not? If you're going to slimy things like vandalize the property of others then why make a distinction? Spray painting my name should be as "legitimate" as anything else.

 

[Camikaze]

About a week ago in Sydney, a woman got sentenced to 3 months gaol for a first graffiti offence. Opinion polls suggested that this sentence was supported by most.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/graffiti-teen-sentence-appropriate-rees/2009/02/03/1233423184569.html

Personally, I think that it is fine and good if sponsored/endorsed by local councils or whatever, but not good and just an eyesore when illegal.

 

[King of Town]

Why not? If you're going to slimy things like vandalize the property of others then why make a distinction? Spray painting my name should be as "legitimate" as anything else.

Because there are some seriously good artists out there. Why would you want an ugly cinder block wall when you could have art? Just spray painting your name without any style isn't art. Though I guess thats another discussion.

 

[Abaddon]

About a week ago in Sydney, a woman got sentenced to 3 months gaol for a first graffiti offence. Opinion polls suggested that this sentence was supported by most.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/graffiti-teen-sentence-appropriate-rees/2009/02/03/1233423184569.html

Personally, I think that it is fine and good if sponsored/endorsed by local councils or whatever, but not good and just an eyesore when illegal.

That's clearly vandalism, graffiti in my mind is "urban art"

 

[Bugfatty300]

Because there are some seriously good artists out there.

Who says my name rendered in black spray paint isn't art?

Why would you want an ugly cinder block wall when you could have art?

Maybe I like it that way since it's my wall to begin with?

Maybe if someone wants MY wall painted so badly then they can come to my door and pay $500 and then I'll paint MY wall with my adorable little half-assed 5-year-old-style stick figures and smiley faces. Then everyone is happy.

 

[King of Town]

Who says my name rendered in black spray paint isn't art?
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Well the name BugFatty300 is art in itself.

 

[Tycoon101]

Jet Set Radio taught me to love graffiti.

 

[Abaddon]

Jet Set Radio taught me to love graffiti.

Always wanted to play that game.

 

[Mise]

I still think it's a childish cry for attention. Banksy included.

 

[luiz]

It's simple. If the owner of the sprayed property agreed, it is OK. Otherwise, it is vandalism and the "artist" should be arrested.

Personally I think graffiti is very ugly, but that has nothing to do with the first opinion.

 

[Sidhe]

Some of its art some of it's just mindless drivel or some idiot boasting how he climbed up a bridge almost fell off and brained himself to post 3 letters in a jaunty style.

 

[Lone Wolf]

I dislike it strongly.

And I've never seen remotely nice "artsy" grafitti stay remotely nice for long. Usually it acts as a magnet/signal/provocation for inscriprions like "Vasya Petrov was here" made in black spray paint.

 

[amadeus]

It's simple. If the owner of the sprayed property agreed, it is OK. Otherwise, it is vandalism and the "artist" should be arrested.

Personally I think graffiti is very ugly, but that has nothing to do with the first opinion.

This.

 

[Pannonius]

Graffiti are vandalism made by scum. It's simple as that.

 

[holy king]

and if you own the wall?

 

[Godwynn]

It's simple. If the owner of the sprayed property agreed, it is OK. Otherwise, it is vandalism and the "artist" should be arrested.

What he said.

 

[Phlegmak]

I love some of the creative graffiti I see around me. Brighton, the city I live in is quite open to it, and often building sites are purposly sprayed to look nicer rather than just plain hordings. Many shops have their fronts designed and sprayed to look "different" and appealing.

Obviously the most famous graffiti artist would be Banksy.

Some of his work can be found in Brighton. There are tons an tons of other examples. Even the council gets involved sponsoring it.

(click on me)


Do you have any examples you love? Or do you think its scum vandalism>?

Graffiti = vandalism = garbage. Art = art. If the owners of the walls are ok with it, it's art. Also, that gigantic mural you posted is art, not graffiti. Graffiti is the feces that I watched teenagers on the subway in NYC writing on the walls.