GRAFFITI IS ART !!
by Charles "CHAZ" Bojorquez
It was very interesting to read about the history of east LA graffiti from the perspective of a graffiti artist who has seen the medium grown and change with the times. I also found his interest in graffiti as an art form and not a political statement intriguing as well.
In this article Bojorquez barely touches on the issue of graffiti “violating” property and instead says “Any dialogue about graffiti that does not talk about the image is just politics”. Most conversations concerning graffiti do only consider it’s morality and it’s origins rather than it’s merit and worth as an art form. I recall that on the first day of this very class my fellow students were very concerned with the morality of graffiti and not once did the dialogue discuss the line, form, history, and (artistic) impact of the graffiti movement…I am looking forward to our field trip tomorrow to the The Great Wall of Los Angeles and am interested in learning more about graffiti as a arts movement rather than as a “menace” to private property.
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