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    Graffiti: Art or Vandalism "The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules, but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages." -Banksy. The topic of graffiti is a highly controversial, and Seattle is preparing a statement on whether graffiti is an art form or whether it's vandalism. But I'm here to tell you that all graffiti is street art not vandalism because, it takes lots of skill to do. It also uses lots

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    Since the birth of graffiti in the 1960’s many people were or are either thrown in jail, have to pay a high fine in graffiti damages or are either asked to do graffiti in many museums and art galleries because owners like the art they see and want others to see it too. Graffiti has been around for some time now, most people and the police just see it as a form of destruction and not art they should not just see it as something that is good or evil because these artists are expressing themselves

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    art. Art called graffiti, which everyone mistakes as trash. Many graffiti artists are not trying to do a crime, they just want to share their talent with the public. Graffiti is a way to express feelings and should be allowed, because graffiti can have strong meanings the community can relate to. Graffiti is a excellent way to let out creativity, with a meaning everyone can relate to. For example, “Graffiti can turn a boring old brick wall into a piece of art as a result; graffiti can decorate a

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    Graffiti is writing or drawings that are scribbled on walls or surfaces. But these drawings or code writings are illegally written or drawn on public properties of not their own. Lots of places that have odd or racist writing on public properties are known to be illegal drawings. A lot of known groups draw specific signs and codes to communicate to others or to claim properties that aren't theirs, to show intimidation and fear to others. Those groups are called gang graffiti. Gang graffiti accede

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    Graffiti Research Paper

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    Graffiti composing and street art are regularly mistaken for each other. Both are subversive craftsmanship developments where work is shown in broad daylight as opposed to an exhibition setting. While graffiti specialists put their work in broad daylight, as a rule they are not intrigued by people in general comprehension their work; they need to address other graffiti craftsmen. Road craftsmen need everybody to see and be locked in by their work. They are attempting to create an impression. Graffiti

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    The art that I find most interesting is graffiti, because it taking the streets and filling them with personality and stories. In the following essay I will be talking about three well known graffiti artist and their art. One of the most inspiring graffiti artist is Cornbread. When you think of ‘Cornbread’ you think of the food. However, he was the first known person. Cornbread’s real name was Daryl McCary. Daryl was born in Brewerytown in 1953. He was raised by his grandparents. However, he

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    18 July 2017 Graffiti Vandalistic Art Walking down the streets of New York City, on the left the entire wall is covered in art, with a wide spectrum of graffiti, ranging from the word New York to drawings of the Statue of Liberty and many more pieces such as gang-related phrases and drawings, the feeling of amazement is present. Graffiti, being a freelance way of expressing good and bad emotions through art, is often frowned upon due to vandalistic nature of most graffiti. Graffiti has been around

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    you like to live in an area where every building in your neighborhood is covered with massive pieces of graffiti?Graffiti is known across the world, graffiti is usually done with spray paint.Graffiti can give peoples job to removing graffiti.Graffiti can happen in any community small or big and can give a city a bad reputation for graffiti. Graffiti is vandalism because when people do graffiti on buildings it could ruing the business its on and is also ruining private or public property. When people

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    Graffiti: Art or Vandalism?

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    What do people think of when they see graffiti? Is it art, vandalism, or could it be both. Graffiti is a relatively new and developing art form that presents a lot of controversy due to its involvement of illegality. A lot of people see graffiti and instantly label it as vandalism and not an art form; however, by legal definition that’s not always the case. According to Oxford Dictionaries, art is defined as “The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination…producing works to

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    Graffiti Is Art Not Vandalism Graffiti can be found everywhere and anywhere. It is a way for people to express themselves and be creative in a public manner. It shows how passionate and talented they can be when it comes to drawing or tagging and have it displayed as a piece of art for everyone to see. Graffiti goes way back to the ancient times and is now very well known in the modern days which makes more and more people interested and fascinated by them. It can be used in different types of

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