Graffiti Art There are many different forms of art‚ from paintings to photography and sculptures to graffiti‚ and many historical‚ famous artworks relay a message to the world. For example‚ Edvard Munch’s painting‚ the scream‚ shows fear‚ Vincent Van Gogh’s painting‚ the starry night‚ expresses a more whimsical and elegant feeling‚ while Grant Wood’s artwork‚ american gothic‚ has a serious yet awkward tone. Many kinds of art can send messages and even graffiti. Graffiti is “writing or drawings
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interesting video popped up. I saw a man being video recorded while he was climbing up a fence of a military airport. Then‚ he ran quickly towards the Air Force One‚ which is the personal aircraft of the President of the United States‚ and tagged a graffiti drawing on the jet. It gave me a big shock after watching the video because that man actually sneaked in to the US military airbase and tagged the Air force One aircraft. The event was being broadcast on some major TV channels. After making everything
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Graffiti: Art or Vandalism? Graffiti is a true art with different meanings that involves many styles and risks that can damage artists physically and socially. Graffiti is an art‚ not a simple tagging on a trash can or an alley wall but an actual mural that represents meanings in every detail‚ style‚ and even every color. How many times have you seen a graffiti mural and asked yourself: what was the inspiration of the making of the mural? Three arguments in favor of legalizing graffiti are that
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is recognized as art and vandalism. The individual is often faced with uncertainty when the topic of graffiti arises. The public often portray graffiti as a destructive act towards his or her surroundings however; graffiti can also be considered a form of self-expression. Many questions can be made pertaining to the graffiti movement‚ but the main question is graffiti a crime or an art? The answers lie in the complex phrase of “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Graffiti portrays contemporary
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Art is defined as the expression or application of human creativity and imagination. And graffiti is a synonym of art; it is a form of painting with walls as the canvas. It is an expression of every feeling in every moment and place. Graffiti can be understood in many different ways. But no matter the canvas walls‚ trains‚ or buildings‚ graffiti is art. The artists use graffiti as a way of expression to society. They want to show the world reality and they want people “to acknowledge the absurdities
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Graffiti: Art or Vandalism? Sam Cowey Graffiti has been around for more than half a decade and practiced worldwide. However there is debate between whether it is a form of art or vandalism. Graffiti artists’ debate that many do not understand the reason most graffiti artist take the risk of incarceration‚ fines‚ injuries‚ and in some cases death to paint a wall. A graffiti artist can have the simple desire to become recognized‚ or to create a piece that speaks to their audience as a form of
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Walking around the streets of London you can not but notice how much there is graffiti on just about every street. Nearly every wall or any surface has been tagged or mobbed‚ as some people would say. Whether it’s an abstract piece‚ an photorealistic one or just a tiny text of some sorts. The question of is it graffiti street art or just plain vandalism has come up many times‚ when of course it’s done illegally. How about when it’s done legally. Or when its shown in a different surrounding? For example
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Graffiti Is Vandalism and not an Art Name Professor Institution Course Date Graffiti is Vandalism and Not an Art Graffiti is a quite new and growing form of expression that brings various controversies due to its connection of illegality. The question therefore is what comes into your mind when you first see graffiti? I must first bring your attention to what exactly graffiti‚ art and vandalism are before taking sides. Oxford dictionary defines graffiti as ’ ’markings‚ slogans‚ written
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pieces of art aren’t created by world-renowned talents. They are created by the unknown street artist under cover of darkness. We never see them and they are known only by their tagging pseudonyms. Banksy is a British graffiti artist‚ political activist‚ film director‚ and painter. It has been said‚ Banksy "was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol‚ England. The son of a photocopier technician‚ he trained as a butcher but became graffiti artist. Style Banksy began as a freehand graffiti artist in
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i Art or Vandalism is the question in question here on one side many people feel graffiti is art and also a form of self expression and on another side some feel it is nothing but glorified vandalism. Both sides have a very good argument but before we are able to take any side .We must first know what exactly are graffiti‚ art and vandalism? According to Webster’s dictionary (p828) graffiti is ’’defined as markings‚ as initial‚ slogans‚ or drawings‚ written‚ spray-painted‚ or sketched on a sidewalk
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