Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Cheryl Parisi: Graffiti, Art, Vandalism?


When you see graffiti on the side of a highway overpass, or the top of a billboard don’t you wonder how they were able to get up there, put it up, and get back down without getting caught?

To the older generation they see graffiti and say “ugh they destroyed that building!”, but to todays generation, graffiti isn’t vandalism, but art. It doesn’t necessarily take away from the beauty of a building, but adds to it. Graffiti has become a big part of society today, it can be found everywhere from the sides of buildings, to album covers of great songwriters. Well know graffiti artists went from being hunted down by the cops for putting up their work to selling their work in galleries for thousands of dollars. A lot of time, thought, and effort go into it a good portion of the time. It can be something small, or it can be something large. Its not only done with spray paint, but some are posters cut up into several pieces then assembled on sight and glued to the wall, while others are small, and put in places where you wouldn’t notice unless you knew where to look.





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