Graffiti: The Art Of Art

What does it take for a piece of work to be considered art? Many people have different perspectives on what art it. When we talk about art what first images pop into your head? Most likely it’s some old European art galleries. Perhaps the most famous “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh. Is “art” still considered art even if it’s in a form that may not be ideal for a whole society? When it comes to graffiti, many people have very different opinion on whether or not it is an art or if it’s vandalism.
Some people believe that graffiti is not a form of art. They believe People spray painting public buildings, anything in the streets and on walls. They argue Graffiti is a type of vandalism, to spray paint, public buildings. It makes many people mad if their property gets vandalized. The definition of vandalism is “an action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property”. In their opinion Graffiti is plain vandalism. Because it violates people’s property as well as any owner’s and city’s. Some of them consider street art to be vandalism unless the artist has asked the owner of the building permission to paint on their

What really makes a picture considered a piece of art is that it provokes a certain feeling. It stands for something and has a meaning behind it. There is always a purpose behind an artwork and reasoning as to why an artist creates a piece to look the way it does. The street is composed largely of surfaces and objects owned by the city and other people; the artistic use of these surfaces is normally an act of vandalism. This fact forces many street artists to be anonymous or to use pseudonyms. Many street artists are notoriously unidentifiable and difficult to contact. Also due to the illegality, and partially as a result of exposure to the forces of nature, street art is highly ephemeral some of it exists for only a couple of hours before it is buffed out, scrawled over, or naturally