Is Graffiti Art or Vadalism?

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spaces, making them vulnerable to even greater levels of disorder and law-breaking”( ). To some people think that graffiti is a juvenile act. Graffiti is a silent characteristic which is crime itself . In New York many of social controls and law enforcements had broken down in public spaces making it a more greater for place to be graffiti  on and for crime to happen. Graffiti on public walls and ruined building that will lead to bigger crimes in the cities. Which will ruin the whole cities perspective. “People think that since their is tagging or graffiti in a park or a certain area that that area is dominated by vandals who might be involved in other crimes” (Donald). People do not like going to parks or through streets that have graffiti around them. They think it is related with gangs which can lead to bigger crime. Also they think graffiti is associated with gangs, violence and drugs. So everytime they see graffiti on a wall, broken windows they associated it with gangs and crime.  If you must force your efforts on the public your "art" is seriously lacking merit.

Many people consider graffiti as vandalism instead of art.   Graffiti art, public art and graffiti writing is simply another art form. Art is personal and can take on many forms. “It would not make sense to expect everyone to have the same taste”(Nieves). They do not like it and think it is vandalism because they do not understand it. People do not like things they do not understand.  Not all forms of graffiti is related to gangs and vandalism reputations. Their festivals around the world that give graffiti artists a chance to show of their work. It also pops a questions about showcasing graffiti as art. Would showcasing graffiti engage people’s curiosity as art would spread into vandalism across cities.“ Buildings that been abandoned and ignored by the community are the ones that get tagged on and become art canvases”( (Nieves).  The only building and communities that they see graffiti on is place that have been abandoned. Graffiti art is not seen on many well built communities. It might be gang influenced but it is not always crime related. Graffiti has served a social identity of generations of youth. Graffiti that is considered tagging in vandalism and may influence gangs and violence. According to the dictionary it is unauthorized and it destroys someone’s property. The owner has the right to their own property to make it look clean, but if someone is tagging on it then it is stealing the property owners right to keep their yard clean and nice. Graffiti artists never make the offer to pay the repair for their destruction. Which cost thousands to repair or replace. Graffiti that takes a great deal  of time and has lots of color graffiti would be considered art. When artists create  graffiti they can not erase or stroke, it is hard to get the right texture and the right shadowing; it can be considered on of the hardest forms of art.

The graffiti artists  want people to see their work. Their is no incentive target to a area if people erase the art of a graffiti artist. Tagging is horrible scribble you see painted or scrawled on fences, bridges, in subways, on the sides of buildings and houses.  Which is why people don’t like it. What they do not see is it has a certain beauty to it, with beautiful colors and powerful messages. It is a way people express their opinions about the world. Where people like it or not graffiti is considered art.  

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