Art and Graffiti

Graffiti Art is an Art Form Art catches your eye. It 's elaborate. It 's unique. It shows your own individual expression, and the inner difference. A simple piece of white turned into a new world of thought and imagination. Graffiti is a art form that is intended for public display, and is now being documented on the internet for more to see. (Stowers) Graffiti is one of the few "hobbies" that includes people from all backgrounds, all over the world. (Stowers) The reasons for why graffiti art is done is based on the feelings of the artist, one might be doing a piece because he is feeling rebellious, but one might be doing a large mural because he is feeling artistic and would rather "break the law" by painting a picture instead of committing a real like robbery. The largest difference between the art works in a gallery or museum and graffiti art in terms of how and why the art is accepted as art in our culture is due to its location and presentation. (Stowers) In some counties graffiti art is legal and they have very large, beautiful paintings of not just words or terms but paintings on walls that are still considered graffiti because of the presentation. Not all graffiti art is a good example of the art form that I am trying to persuade, just like not every statue or painting is a good example of even worthy of being called art. (Stowers) Graffiti is a large form of self expression. A person wanting to share his expression of artistic ability with his community or world should not be fined or put in jail because there are far too many people in this world that are doing more wrong than being artistic. Graffiti dates back to the beginning of mankind. The word Graffiti is derived from the Italian word Sgraffo meaning scratch. (Graffiti World) Graffiti has been found on uncovered, ancient, Egyptian monuments, and graffiti even was preserved on walls in Pompeii. (stowers) The definition of graffiti today is an unsolicited marking on a private or public

Cited: www.graffit.org http://www.graffiti.org/faq/stowers.html http://www.graffiti.org/faq/graffiti_questions.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.html www.encyclopedia.com Graffiti World- Nicholas Ganz