Unpopular opinion: Graffiti is not art.

[Remote]

Unpopular opinion:

Graffiti is not art.
It’s vandalism.

Every time I’m riding a train or subway in the city, I have to look at this crap on walls and highways and overpasses and it’s sad.

Most times you can’t even make out what things are supposed to be.

It’s ugly and ruins the beauty of the neighborhood.

To be fair: I’m not talking about commissioned works that may honor some famous person. Frankly that’s just a mural and can be done well.

But these stupid tags and bubble letters have got to go.

 

[WaveCapsByOscorp™]

Vandalism and art can coexist

Just because you’re breaking laws doesn’t diminish the aesthetic goal the practitioner is hoping to achieve.

That’s not to say all graffiti looks good, but your standard is off

 

[Remote]

Vandalism and art can coexist

Just because you’re breaking laws doesn’t diminish the aesthetic goal the practitioner is hoping to achieve.

That’s not to say all graffiti looks good, but your standard is off

99% is trash that destroys the beauty of the neighborhood

 

[get these nets]

Defacing property that doesn't belong to you is vandalism. Not a controversial statement.

The way that NYC and Philly developed graffiti evolved as styles is art

 

[Conan]

It can be both, it's not an either or.

Art has never been neat.

Next you'll call ancient wall paintings not art as technically they were graffiti.

 

[fifth column]

Generalizations was invented by

 

[NoMorePie]

Just because it's illegal doesn't mean it ain't art

 

[Remote]

It can be both, it's not an either or.

Art has never been neat.

Next you'll call ancient wall paintings not art as technically they were graffiti.

Brought down the market value of the cave.
The Neanderthals were furious

 

[Actually6Foot3]

It has a time and place. I don't think all graffiti is bad but yeah 95% of it is trashy af

 

[mykey]

That's because it's done by black people. Racists always find a way to dismiss black people's art, it's disgusting.

Meanwhile Banksy who does literal gentrified graffiti is perceived as a high value artist.and is a millionaire. GTFOH.

 

[CopiousX]

That's because it's done by black people. Racists always find a way to dismiss black people's art, it's disgusting.

Meanwhile Banksy who does literal gentrified graffiti is perceived as a high value artist.and is a millionaire. GTFOH.

Didn't your read OP's post? That's obviously "a mural" .

 

[Brandsdale]

anti-black

 

[Lord-Yosh]

If you're from Brooklyn (canarsie/Flatbush) you remember seeing foot tag everywhere like who is this nikka

 

[Complexion]

Some of the skills and pieces are unreal though. Amazing font design and lettersetting as well, not to mention the color.
That and a dude spending hours suspended upside down from a bridge to share his art with the world really speaks of the passion and determination therein.

 

[Marc Spector]

That's because it's done by black people. Racists always find a way to dismiss black people's art, it's disgusting.

Meanwhile Banksy who does literal gentrified graffiti is perceived as a high value artist.and is a millionaire. GTFOH.

cap. here in wa state 90% of taggers are degenerate cacs and mexicans who are saying “fukk the man bro” and engaging in other fukkery such as boosting from stores/neighborhoods, illlegal street racing, and/or drug addiction. Like just shytty people who arent doing shyt in life and want the rest of us to feel it.