Do you class Graffiti as an art form? (Tags, Pieces, Etching.)
Do you class street art as an art form? (Stencils, Wheat pasting, sticker art, video projection, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations.)
Which appeals to you more?
Do you feel they fall under the same classification or should they be recognized as two completely different things?
Should Graffiti be accepted by society and be controlled and regulated rather than being classed as a criminal offense?
Should Street Art be accepted by society and be controlled and regulated rather than being classed as a criminal offense?
Gina Martin;
Street Art appeals to me more as it is more varied, and interesting and that to me makes good art work.
Not sure on this, I this graffiti is more of a style that street art, street art can be absolutely anything where as graffiti is primarily spray painting words/pictures.
Yes it should, people should be able to express their creativity in their environment, there is only so much bad graffiti because street artists are practicing, there should be regulated areas where artists can practice and it can be painted over etc until they are good enough to do art in public spaces.
Rob Garner
yes i do theres is art in every form even if it isnt using paint or drawing so graffiti is art
yes i do art can be used from the color of the weat past to the textour of it and the same to stencils as the artistick tallent can be shown from the cutting/ desinging of the stencils and the though prosess of where to put them creating a pice of art
GRAFFITI as i like the effort that goes into desinghing a pice and painting it and the history behind it
to the blind eye they can fall into the same thing but they are differnt stlys of art thats like saying is water coloring the same as oil panting in a way they are the same but to an artist they are compleatly differant. using sport is a good exsamlpe saying are footballers the sames as rugby players the answer is no its a diffeant sport BUT they are still both sports men and doing simlar things in in that way they are the same
graffity should be fine to do but in places that allow it! not on other peoples properlty where it is not nessasarly wanted and this is the same for street art!
Mitch Weaver
- Originally I don't think the main intention of Graffiti was to even become of form or anything at all. It was a way young people could express themselves at desperate times. Putting your name across as much as you can to give yourself a massive sense of accomplishment and respect. What I think Graffiti boils down to is vandalism but in a much more creative outlook as apposed to straight up criminality.
Do you class street art as an art form? (Stencils, Wheat pasting, sticker art, video projection, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations.)
- Of course, it's art on the street.
Which appeals to you more?
- Graffiti for sure. I don't have much against street art, I just think it lacks in a lot of respect and originality that Graffiti entails, there isn't much change of style. Anyone can put a stencil up a celebrity and do it. I think the becoming a street artist, you will need to bring something to the streets nobody has ever seen before in order to be known. I hate the look of constant recycled imagery.
Do you feel they fall under the same classification or should they be recognized as two completely different things?
- Not at all. Fundamentally they are based on complete different rules, forms of style and respect. Street art is for the masses, where as Graffiti will never be acceptable in the commercial world and that's what makes it so valuable to the people who do it. Expression in a non violent effect to illustrate your view.
Should Graffiti be accepted by society and be controlled and regulated rather than being classed as a criminal offense?
- No, it should never be controlled by society. It wouldn't give off the same effect as it should. Nobody should be allowed to control a persons ability to express freely their creative passion. It's just wrong. As far as criminal offense, it can cause problems and ultimately lead to tragedy. This I think makes it what it is. You are breaking the rules and fucking up the system every time. Brilliant.
Alex Dodgson
Do you class Graffiti as an art form? (Tags, Pieces, Etching.)
Yes, Art is explored in very complex manner. Often in very different ways but ultimate share in the fact that they communicate an idea, a theme or a context. Grafitti, in many ways, is seen as an outsider, a form of art that is not often considered to be as meaningful or influential as its more reputable cousins like painting or sculpture for eg. thats because it generally has no context, no theoretical background or underlining meaning, it is what it is. I dont really know tbh.
Do you class street art as an art form? (Stencils, Wheat pasting, sticker art, video projection, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations.)
Art is found through form and content. Street art is a legitimate aspect of the art world and is becoming more and more meaningful as we move into the 21st century.
Essentially, if you have something to say.. why not share it with the world. Art is about communicating ideas, sharing a fascination with colour, shape, texture.. etc. So if its worth showing the world, why not.. That is the essence of street art.
Which appeals to you more?
Street performance art.
Do you feel they fall under the same classification or should they be recognized as two completely different things?
Grafitti can often take the form of art. Is not, however, always so.
Should Graffiti be accepted by society and be controlled and regulated rather than being classed as a criminal offense?
The only way to control it is to legalise it but then the very nature of what grafitti is lost.
Should Street Art be accepted by society and be controlled and regulated rather than being classed as a criminal offense?
It already is, within reason.
Baljeet
In a way yes I think it is art - providing it looks good..
street art is more like art in the sense that it has a purpose and more or less always looks really good
i think street art is much better
hmm 2 different things really.
it shouldn't be considered as a crime as some graffiti is actually decent and makes dull places look good. I think street art should be accepted by society more than graffiti cause lets face it it's better.
