Comments on: Is it Graffiti, or is it Art, or is it Both? http://thomashawk.com/2007/04/is-it-graffiti-or-is-it-art.html Sat, 26 May 2012 02:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: graffiti4hire http://thomashawk.com/2007/04/is-it-graffiti-or-is-it-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-29073 graffiti4hire Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:54:45 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1214#comment-29073 It's both, graffiti and art, the two should never be separated, art should express a truth, a real truth, that is got lost in the decades, most of the art we can see in the galleries has lost it completely, sometimes is just a show of technique without meaning , sometimes a show of meaning without technique necessary that would make us understand. Graffiti shows weakness sometimes putting the medium as message, but it keeps true to its nature, it is hated by many, loved by many too. It’s both, graffiti and art, the two should never be separated,
art should express a truth, a real truth, that is got lost in the decades, most of the art we can see in the galleries has lost it completely, sometimes is just a show of technique without meaning ,
sometimes a show of meaning without technique necessary that would make us understand.

Graffiti shows weakness sometimes putting the medium as message, but it keeps true to its nature, it is hated by many, loved by many too.

]]> By: matt http://thomashawk.com/2007/04/is-it-graffiti-or-is-it-art.html/comment-page-1#comment-8119 matt Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1214#comment-8119 Thomas - great question and a nice if not unfortunate example from London.<br /><br />I think most graffiti is art. Unfortunately, anything anyone does to mark on the side of a building or wall gets categorized as graffiti. <br /><br />If a disgruntled high school student takes a can of spray paint to the side of the school to simply write some choice words about the principal - that's not art nor should it be preserved, but it's called graffiti.<br /><br />It's the other stuff - the traditional view of graffiti that you shoot and that most of us think of - that's closer to art. <br /><br />One thing about this kind of graffiti - it's usually done on buildings that are abandoned or unkempt anyway, and most examples I've seen actually make the building or wall look nicer and more interesting. In some cases, cities hire graffiti artists to paint murals or huge sections of buildings or walls. There's a nice example of this in Downtown Dallas where I live.<br /><br />In these cases I agree that graffiti is art. It's a reflection of a culture or sub-culture, it's a statement, or simply a means of brightening up a dark space. Thomas – great question and a nice if not unfortunate example from London.

I think most graffiti is art. Unfortunately, anything anyone does to mark on the side of a building or wall gets categorized as graffiti.

If a disgruntled high school student takes a can of spray paint to the side of the school to simply write some choice words about the principal – that’s not art nor should it be preserved, but it’s called graffiti.

It’s the other stuff – the traditional view of graffiti that you shoot and that most of us think of – that’s closer to art.

One thing about this kind of graffiti – it’s usually done on buildings that are abandoned or unkempt anyway, and most examples I’ve seen actually make the building or wall look nicer and more interesting. In some cases, cities hire graffiti artists to paint murals or huge sections of buildings or walls. There’s a nice example of this in Downtown Dallas where I live.

In these cases I agree that graffiti is art. It’s a reflection of a culture or sub-culture, it’s a statement, or simply a means of brightening up a dark space.

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