Graffiti article

People see graffiti as something that is disrespectful and don't see the positive side to it. A lot of people do graffiti as a way to portray their artistic skills and abilities. Most graffiti that's made gives a positive message and people don't see that, they think people do it because they don't care about the property. Even though not all graffiti is creative or artistic it doesn't really have an effect with most things.

“To endorse the graffiti of those early years was risky business: Norman Mailer was widely criticized for arguing in the “Faith of Graffiti” that it was not blight, but pure art.” (About New York- By Jim Dwyer) This is telling us that people do it for the art not to be disrespectful. It is also a creative way to show their art because this way everyone can see while they're driving, walking, or on a train.

“Well, it was wrong for society to forget about a lot of young people. The Bronx was burning, the president had said the city should drop dead. Out of necessity we invented an art form. It came from very young people that didn’t necessarily have any art history to stand on. They were creating art history without a script in their hand.”
This quote states that society isn't as focused on younger people and their abilities and originality as they should be. They feel as if they aren't being noticed therefore causing them to do graffiti to show people(society) what they are capable of.

Overall graffiti is a form of art that shouldn't be taken down because it's how a lot of younger people portray their imagination. The graffiti is what makes buildings look different and not boring, it attracts people to it because they might be interested in the drawing that is on the wall.

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