Graffiti: Vandalism or Art?

in photography •  7 years ago  (edited)

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There has always been this debate about wheter or not graffiti is vandalism or art. Let me tell you how I feel about it. People who say that graffiti is vandalism most likely confuse tagging with grafitti. Tagging is trash, people just spray their nick around the city trying to spread it as far and wide throughout the area as possible. Tagging is not graffiti!

This is tagging

https://www.google.hr/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_hrHR787HR787&biw=1536&bih=732&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=FPtcW-DHMcXsafaDh5gM&q=tagging&oq=tagging&gs_l=img.3..35i39k1j0i19k1l9.10208.11070.0.11191.7.7.0.0.0.0.117.644.6j1.7.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.7.644...0j0i67k1j0i30k1.0.NvPJYDGroBc#imgdii=BsnQhh-l72QnjM:&imgrc=-HceYkdE5K1E_M:

This is graffiti

https://www.google.hr/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_hrHR787HR787&biw=1536&bih=732&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=VfdcW6n7Hoeyaqv6i4AO&q=grafitti&oq=grafitti&gs_l=img.3..0i10k1j0i10i30k1l9.379696.380797.0.381048.8.8.0.0.0.0.214.802.7j0j1.8.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.8.801...0j35i39k1j0i67k1.0.P6n8OXHb-Xw#imgrc=S9A5GMyApBMbWM:)

Conclusion

Tagging=Trash
Graffiti=Art

Learn the difference and stop judging artists for creating!

What do you think?

Share your thoughts and opinions in the comment section down below.

Shot with a Sony a6300 using a 4 second shutter speed, f 9 and ISO 100


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Wow, touchy subject, of which I admit to being shallow on. If I owned the property and I like the "work" (even if it's a tag) then I'd consider it Art, if not I'd report it as vandalism. 😄

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

That's exactly how I'm feeling it, but I generally dislike tags because they are always one on top of another. Way too many of them in the same place. Looks nasty. Like they don't have the skills/money to make a real graffiti so they gotta tag it out. Shame...

Lol ya, I agree!

It's both art and vandalism.
If some one painted the Mona Lisa on my wall with out permission it would be vandalism.
People don't have the right to force thier art onto other people. I actually like spray can art and id also like to see more people and councils commission or make available more walls.

I completely uderstand your POV, there should be places set up for this but sadly there aren't that many of them or polititians who would do something like that and oraganise some free walls to paint on.

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This is urban art, it's beauty... There are many who scratch walls others express themselves.

This is a form of expression, seen by many as vandalism, but everything will depend on its quality, its passion.

Exactly! If it's bad than chances are everyone will think of it as trash,prolly even call the police and report vandalism too.

Its a beautiful art..... I met insa recently and his graffiti art was amazing

Thanks! Who is insa?

Insa is a famous UK graffiti artist, he came to Nigeria

Nice one. Thought is well appreciated. In my opinion I think you are right. Taggig is no way art or creativity, on the other hand, grafity is art.

Great minds think alike bro ;)

nice art !