Graffiti is Art

Graffiti is Art
From Matthew Roy

Graffiti is Art; short and simple. Tagging is different than graffiti though. Tagging marks territory and has no expression and is the antonym of a mural. A mural is a beautiful painting that is created on a wall of some sort outside to express. After reading Charles Bojorquez’s Graffiti is Art, he helped me understand the background of Los Angeles graffiti and why it exists today. How he perceives graffiti, as art really helps relay a message and not just words or a picture on the wall. Why when people look at graffiti read this as a sign on danger or threatening? In the new age, tagging is overpowering graffiti caused by the growing number of gangs and new-aged people thinking tagging is cool. I am very happy though to have seen the LA Wall and view how an activist really helped changed the way people perceive graffiti and shows murals to express and inspire a true art form. When discussing the time and effort to put into the LA Wall, having known that it helped change lives for teenagers with criminal problems and brought about art instead of destruction. So alongside Chaz Bojorquez, his nature as an activist helped influence artists and activists to promote the nature and being of graffiti installments as a prominent world expression.