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Personal Thoughts on Graffiti as Art and Vandalism
To understand why graffiti is so vilified by the powers that as mere “vandalism” one must know what vandalism actually is. Painter Gustave Courbet (a famous vandal himself,) considered it to be the “destruction of monuments symbolizing war and conquest,” a perhaps romanticised view I find difficult to agree with; since when did a bunch of chavs ever justify overtly the arson, for example of a bus shelter in terms of the shelter’s socio-economic significance? I’ve yet to hear one. A more apt descriptor is that of vandalism being the expression of an alternate culture, in this case the “criminal” one.
Graff Artist and Writers, where you at??
The only hiphop element thats illegal to do. wheres my fellow graff writers representing? although graffiti has been around longer than hiphop, i can not deny hiphops influence. so whatchyall write and what crews u mob for? The small percentile of us actually make the city beautiful. yes theres little taggers doing selfish and messy spots around town that gives us a bad name. but there are some of us that risk life and limb against police, gangsters, crazy homeless people and random heroes in the middle of the night so we can lay our art down for the city to see, for free. and when i say art, its undeniable. check: 50mmlosangeles or artcrimes.com . for true graff artist, houses, murals and holylands( churches and cemeterys) are off limits. please dont let these little taggers give us a bad name. shout out to the real artist making the city look beautiful. daim1, seek, atlas, zes, Gkae, ayer(rip), dream(rip) retna,revok, saber, alter, fish, pysa, chunk, 7thletter, and more to come
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