| Love or hate it but Graffiti is part of the | | | | rules make a boring city, no character or self |
| everyday urban world. It's a fact that Banksy and | | | | expression. |
| other well known street artists, who are now | | | | Nowadays some people consider that even the |
| household names, have busted the whole urban | | | | simplest thing such as photographing anomalous |
| art scene wide open, brought it forefront into the | | | | objects stacked on top of each other constitutes |
| public's attention and it seems the room to sit on | | | | as being an acceptable art-form. While graffiti art |
| the fence with an opinion as to whether it is an | | | | in the appreciative eye, simply uses the urban |
| art-form or vandalism just got a whole lot | | | | environment as a creative canvas to showcase |
| narrower. | | | | an innovative talent. So is Graffiti, art or |
| People first started to recognise graffiti as an art | | | | vandalism? |
| form when paint started hitting the NYC subways | | | | Well... the famous saying "art is in the eye of the |
| in the 1970's and 80's. Gangs of graffiti artists | | | | beholder" cannot be better suited in order to cast |
| known as crews began to develop. When | | | | your own opinion, regardless of what government |
| competition between the different crews became | | | | laws attempt to propose upon you. It is your |
| rife, it meant the quality of graffiti became much | | | | personal right and privilege to decide yourself, |
| more important than just the quantity of it. | | | | however as such in every art-form there will also |
| Graffiti however, still to this day remains an illegal | | | | be an opposite critic to contradict whatever your |
| art and the city authorities across the globe spend | | | | view is. The controversy surrounding this debate |
| millions every year cleaning it up. Some would | | | | keeps the scene extremely vibrant and exciting! |
| question, what exactly is the point of spending | | | | You are your one and only beholder. It's your |
| time and taking the risk to do an act which will be | | | | choice. |
| removed within a few days? Others will argue | | | | |