i think legal graffiti and illegal graffiti are both art but then again sometimes I ask myself, is art this addictive?
dissagree looks down u a dumb bitch for saying graphitti aint art just my opinion know your history graphitti comes from hyroglfics and ancient times the it can be found on the walls in the pyramids and is the first form of any language that was ever recorded. i personaly belive graphitti is the poor mans way of leaving his mark its why so many carved there images and impressions in the first place to show why they were there sincerly true hoodlumz world lifestyle group manager
Actual for all yous guys my defuntion on gaffiti is that it is a form of abstarct art, for one it uses tools that are not tipical for most art forms it changes the enviroment around you and completely transform the idea of what the object(that has graffition it or other form) means to the viewer. Graffiti is art and it will always be art. it is a social art,creative art,or any other type of new idea someone has that would like to ad on to the diffrent types. so please dont hate...thank and good nite(I sound like a real asshole don,t i, but its my option.
I think we need a spelling lesson. I'm sure you'd prove your point MUCH better if you learned to spell half the words you're saying. Also, I think graffiti is an art. If it wasn't art, why would we spend all our time and effort making it look better? How many hours do you spend in a day sketching, making your letters look right, building techniques, ect. That sounds like art to me. I guess it varies for each person. I'm not saying it should be legal, if it wasn't punishable it wouldn't be special because no one would be afraid to write on walls. That's part of what makes it an art, graffiti being special and out of the ordinary. Sorry if I reiterated things that other people were saying I didn't really get a chance to read the whole thread
Nope. Any experienced writer who tells you this is art, is either lying to you, or doesn't paint illegally.
Well it depends what you calssify art as. I think of it as a way of expressising yourself, and because graffiti is against the law so it's like you are saying a big fuck you to society. I think the main reason graffiti appeals to so many people is because of the rebelious nature behind it. The other great thing about it is that if you want something to say or an opinon to share with other people you don't have to wait a year for a book you wrote to come out or you don't to have to be a respected person in society. You can just write what ever the fuck you want in a public place for every one to see. Well that's my view any way.
art –noun 1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. 2. the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection. 3. a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art. 4. the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture. 5. any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art. 6. (in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story? 7. the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling. 8. the craft or trade using these principles or methods. 9. skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation. 10. a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature. 11. arts, a. (used with a singular verb) the humanities: a college of arts and sciences. b. (used with a plural verb) liberal arts. 12. skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature. 13. trickery; cunning: glib and devious art. 14. studied action; artificiality in behavior. 15. an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics. 16. Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship. motherfuckers should peep the dictionary sometimes by many definitions writing graffiti is obviously an art, while by some others in can be regarded as not
if you made it yourself with imagination and stuff then its art, even if its a simple tag (sounds corny)
Lol @ the thirty or so guys that corrected that guys spelling mistake. Tagging is art, just not a very attractive type of art. The definition of art (paraphrased) "is a activity, which requires any form of skill" Tagging well is hard to get down.. I'm new, and my mates still reckon my bombs are better then my tags in comparison to the rest of the graffiti world. And i remember as a kid the first thing i noticed about graff is the sick tags down Carlton flats. If nothing else Tagging is a art of expression, weather that's cause your a trouble making delinquent, bored adolescent, or addicted 22 year old with the rep to die for. (or even into political agendas.) This is also the case for throwies.. (For the record, I graff and i tag and don't classify my self as being out there to fuck shit up, nor do I classify myself under any of those categories that i put up there just then, i started graff cause my sisters boyfriend always use to make her these mad cards, so i started imitating now I'm hooked) Bombing... (for the sake of the argument i classify bombing a outline drawing with specific, defining detail (shading ect) Bombing is art. quite frankly you have to be soooooooo narrow minded to not see that its art. Piecing (a aresole painting of something that's not a worded) Is art. (i don't think anyone's disagreeing true?) even when its ugly its sill art.
ITS NOT ART... search art about any where or ask people (not writers) and theyll say someting like abstract.. i just dont hink it is i agrre with the man upstairs..
its a game. it's like any sport. you have your hits you get hurt you have your penalities/game misconducts (getting caught) your equipment an you gotta practice a lot before you can play the game well
wow. quick answer. Graffiti the ART itself, is art, yes..... duh. Graffiti the Vandalism part, obviously no.
See the "graff video", a new practice of bombing Have a look on : http://graff.video.free.fr A new practice of graffiti and also a new form of video art. More info about this new practice : http://graff.video.free.fr/en/approach.htm Have fun! ------------- To answer your question "Is Graffiti Art?" I would like to know what is your definition of Art ?
graffiti is the art of vandalism. if all it was was vandalism then everyone getting up would be toy as fuck, and stay toy as fuck. from tags to throw ups to pieces its ALL art