I have seen some beautiful graffiti and I have seen some destructive work. Murals have been vandalized by groups thinking they need to show their territory and ranking within the city. There is a wall in Venice Beach that I heard allows artist to come and graffiti daily there without an issue. I personally haven't seen the wall but I think its a great idea. Just like the skate parks they created for the skater to hang out in instead of our streets and parks.
The issue though is what do we constitute as art? One person's Mona Lisa is an others' form of vandalism. When the Obey posters were plastered every where a few years ago, people where either interested or ripping them down.
I like Chaz's idea of art. He has been an artist for a long time and understands it as an art. It's hard to change a society's way of thinking especially when it's in a negative way of looking at things. We are the future generation and we have to be open minded to the idea of "art" regardless of it's medium.
Ivy Bloemsma-Russell
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