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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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    It has made many gawk while others just don’t see a reason to it. Graffiti has many connotations, some good and some bad. It’s the thrill that drives these crazy risk-takers to get their names known. Seeing graffiti through the eyes of an artist who only sees his masterpiece. Graffiti has been here longer then you think. Though you may see destruction of property he only see his art and freedom of expression. Being a graffiti artist is about feeling the rush of a finished masterpiece and not

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    Is Graffiti Art? Is graffiti art? Yes, it is. However many people have different views on graffiti and what it means. For the people doing it, it may be a way to express themselves, but for the people looking at it, it could either be considered art or it could be considered a nuisance. Regardless of what people say, graffiti should still be considered art. The words and inappropriate “graffiti” people are against, should not be considered true graffiti, it’s the artwork that takes time, thought

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    Graffiti is any type of drawing, painting design and writing on a wall. The history of graffiti goes back to the late 1960’s and came from New York City in the United States. Graffiti is a multisided issue that is open for a debate because people see it differently. Some people consider it as a type of art, while others say that it is a vandalism and illegal. Currently, it has become a widely spread trend and an effective mean of communication for many youths and talents around the world. The materials

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    Essay on Graffiti as an Artform

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    Graffiti as an Artform The value of any message or work of art, whether it is hanging on the wall of a gallery or a subway, lies on the intensity of the artist’s or vandal’s beliefs. Graffiti is an uncertain issue in respect to its virtue. While the voice of the individual must never be lost in a society of shouts growing larger and louder every second; graffiti is such a public medium that its integrity must be of great concern. Graffiti is a vast wasteland of indefinite opinions

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    Graffiti: is it art or is it vandalism? People have different views on graffiti. Graffiti is an illegal art otherwise known as vandalism. Graffiti is an art, but it is also extremely illegal. Most people see graffiti as vandalism because all of the ruined property and trespassing. For example, ruining people’s business and using unnecessary money trying to fix it. Graffiti is like travel, art.(1 http://www.nyc.gov/html/nograffiti/html/legislation.html ) Put it on a train and you basically show

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    Graffiti comes in all different shapes and forms including gorgeous street art, community sponsored murals, simple tags, gang related messages and senseless vandalism. The distinction between these forms can be blurry and open to interpretation by the viewer of the graffiti. The more cut and dried difference between all forms of graffiti is whether or not they are considered legal. A commissioned mural for a civic center and a large work of street art painted illegally on the side of a building

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    Graffiti is always misunderstood by the public because many people think it is illegal. Actually, the purpose of the graffiti is that if they were drawing or writing in the public space,people can see.Besides, the graffiti is a special way for artist to express idea and feeling. However, not all graffiti is art. Some city spend million dollars to remove it because they make the city ugly. Graffiti become a vandalism.People believe that the real art should be in the museum or gallery until the man

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