Is graffiti a legitimate art form? Intro

This question can be interpreted two ways, depending on the definitions used to create it. In one sense the word legitimate means legal, and in that sense the answer is simply no. Most of the time graffiti is illegally painted on to a wall or something left in public view. But in another sense legitimate can mean real, which opens the question much further up. Graffiti uses pictorial or 3d media to create some times high skilled and in-depth understanding of techniques and the media used to create it. It is a visual form of communication and often has a political message or uses humour to challenge or spark a reaction from the public. However it is illegal most of the time and it can only ever be up temporarily before someone takes it down or paints over it. It can be offensive and since its illegal it’s not often known who created it and even then that could just be an alias. It can often be misinterpreted because the artist isn’t there to tell you why they created it. Anyone can create graffiti because there are no rules that govern what is graffiti and what isn’t graffiti.

Graffiti and other types of art have some similarities such as; they are often aesthetically pleasing but don’t have to be, it can have a message or point behind it but doesn’t have too. It can require a lot of skill and thought in the process of an idea to the finished product. In Banskys’  graffiti depicting graffiti removal it isn’t aesthetically pleasing but the there is a message behind it about the culture and history of graffiti but in the graffiti bomb or not scared where there isn’t a known message behind them but they are aesthetically pleasing. All of these works would of taken a lot of skill and thought in the process of making them but...

cant think of how to finish it need suggestions in coments

Luke


any art works reffered to are on the blog.