Graffiti, Art or Crime Options

[Angel_Cece]

depends where I guess.
If it's an abandoned building it could be art, if it's like a school or business, then it would be crime.
Thats how I see it.

i agree with you

[miss barnes]

its both. yes, its art but, doing it on an object that you shouldnt is a crime

[parallel]

Erg..this is somewhat hard..um..maybe both?

[skateforfree]

it rly just depends on the grafitti or the place

[iheartsimba]

depends on the type. some can be awful, but some can be left with a meaning..i mean it usually is both. it is a crime becuase its illegal and all. and someone owns the property, which is wrong to write all over it. but it depends on the message.

[mouse_3k]

I think graffiti is beautiful art. as NWA says, (Ill say it in a rated PG version) screw the police. Graffiti is lovely art and whoever can do it has good talents

[sunissed14127]

^^

what other peeps have said. the style of grafiti is art, but when inappropriately placed, its crime

I agree.

[ChaOzXx]

graffiti is how people express themselves and it is art and crime? uhmm i dun thik crime is what it is called.. i mean yea ul b destroyin property but they are just covering up the cracks in the buildings =]

[glit_gal]

i define graffiti as art, it's so unique...although i can't understand it

[somekhmergirl]

depends where the graffiti is

[juliar]

art, if it's pretty. like alot of times i see these huge murals of just a word or something, nicely colored and stuff. and thats alot better than just a few crappy scribbles. but generally, i take it was crime if its on private property, like a truck or a house. but if it's on some empty factory wall, then whatever.

[Gizmoid]

To me, it depends on where it's done, like what everyone else said.

But some graffiti is really, really pretty.

[dancingkait]

depends on where it is and what it says. but a lot of the time i see it as art.

[inlonelinessidie]

People confuse graffiti with tagging.

[to-devastate]

Like most people said, it really depends on what kind of graffiti you're doing.
I hate people who just scrible their name on the walls. It's not even colorful!
But beautiful graffiti with lots of colors and actually like a painting, that's art.

[~*Crizzy_Babee09...]

Eh.. it's more of Art to meeh. but if's it's offendin or sumfin, then it could be crime. Well, i dunno, it's more of both.

[Just_Dream]

Most of the time I think it's a crime.. Other times when I KNOW it's legal, it's not. It's legal if it look slike the building or wall was grafiti-fied in a way that sends a message or something.. It looks more like art, rather than something done really quick and messy. I see a lot of the quick and messy stuff, and IMO, it's lame, no offense to anyone who does it. I'm sick of having to see people writing "blah blah blah gang" and stuff like that on walls. I feel sorry for this one truck that got tagged up and repainted then tagged up again.

Only to a certain extent, would I consider it as art. Now, if the person DREW something and wrote stuff in graffitti-style on a paper or a poster, I think that's art becuase they're expressing themselves and not damaging property.

[lolthissiteisfun...]

I think if you do it on a building somewhere, it's crime. And tho it doesn't seem all that artistic to me, if its not on like, public or private property, sure it's art.

[magnificentmike]

Graffiti itself is art, but if you do it on a building I think it'd be considered as a crime for vandalism.

[likeachild]

depends
some shops hired grafitti artists to graffiti their shop
it looked really nice (make it stand out from the other shops )

so it depends what you use it for

[the_pale_surfer]

ART!!! provided it is non-vulgar... there are limits... but the grafitti that isnt slandereous is art... and that is why some art grafitti murals are left up around us (well also b.c my down wont pay to have em removed lol)

[F_L_I_P]

Its both. But i consider it ART since i tag myself.

-Phil-

it depends, but in most cases its crime.
because a lot of people obviously cant tag for sh*t, they just look like a bunch of scrippled letters

[likeachild]

People confuse graffiti with tagging.

ooh nice point

[Saeglopur]

If you do it on your own property, it's art.
Do it somewhere else without permission, you're a criminal.

Would it be called art or crime if it were to be a vandalism that represents good message to all?