< War on Graffiti
Out of context: Reply #34
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well, if you can't see it now, nothing i say will change your mind. i'll walk through your post point by point:
tagging can encourage more tagging - whether via rival crews, inspiring more kids to get up, whatever. if you classify tagging as a crime, yes it could spread crime. this part i agree with. vandalism (especially etch tags) is destructive, but i still i like it because i can see into it and know what's behind it. its not some kids throwing a brick through a window or smashing up cars - there is an artistic inspiration behind it, nothing malicious. kids say "let's go paint something..." not "let's go fuck shit up."
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graffiti with permission is not a crime, but I do not believe it is art. The people that create it may have some artistic skill but from what I have seen in NYC there is no exploration of different styles making it look all the same...not very artistic is it?
-------------------this is the part that really got me - in how you say it has artistic skill, but isn't artistic. open up your eyes. maybe because you've never paid much attention, you'll see that almost every writer has a different style. for example -
• COPE 2 -
• EWOK.COM -
• TWIST -
• SHEPARD FAIREY -
totally different styles, with the latter of the two (all 4 in smaller circles) have achieved pretty solid gallery, commercial and street credibility.