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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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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Do you think that graffiti is art or vandalism? Graffiti is the reason why today we have art on trains and some buildings. People paint on the walls to express feelings or send a message to the world. However‚ some people just paint on things to just be a rebel or do wrong. Relating to that‚ graffiti is a good or bad thing. In this case‚ graffiti is a terrible thing. Graffiti is a terrible thing for many reasons like the cost to get it off‚ the graffiti got more advanced‚ and It makes people feel
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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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What is it? What is vandalism? Vandalism is the deliberate destruction of private or public property. Vandalism comes in different forms‚ but the most commonly known is graffiti. Graffiti is usually marked by gang members or a tagger‚ which is a graffiti artist who spray-paints his or her name or symbol on a public structure. Other acts of vandalism include stealing signs‚ such as a stop sign‚ tearing or writing in library books‚ spray painting signs‚ keying cars and knocking
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awareness of current issues that surrounds the whole community. Usually with very strong words or graphics‚ it brings people together to think beyond and react to it‚ therefore governments around the world fears this kind of propaganda. From the first graffiti on the bridge quote “everybody makes promises and nobody keeps them. Vote for nobody‚” stating that since no one could keep promises‚ we should not vote for anyone. I believe since the name of La Boca Bridge is a former president of Argentina‚ the
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To many Americans‚ this is a heart wrenching story. Kyle’s love for his country and his willingness to lay his life and mental health on the line evokes a sense of patriotism. Unfortunately‚ to Arab Americans and Arabs in general‚ this is just another story in which all Arabs are painted with the same terrorist brush. These aggressions towards Arabs perpetuates
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Graffiti: Art or Vandalism Expressing myself artistically‚ I spray painted on a wall when I was little as an art project my class was participating in at school. This was a fun experience and I felt as if I was giving back to the world and creatively showing my talents and passions. This is where my development of graffiti was started and sparked my interest in it. Living a large city now definitely brings back numerous memories of it in my life. My interest was heightened even more due to the
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Graffiti is a form of art. The art of graffiti is probably the most common form of art found in the world. Whether it is your “tag”‚ or a mural on the side of a building‚ graffiti is present worldwide. Even in our town you can walk around the middle school and find some form of graffiti. But how can you define graffiti? Graffiti starts at the bottom level‚ the “tag”. A tag is a graffitist’s signature that is usually an alternate alias. It is written so that the reader cannot read it easily. Tags
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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 sub-cultured art through its versatility
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