Reflection #15

I think that graffiti on public buildings is considered crossing the line. I don’t know how or why people think that they can destroy public property and could possibly think that everyone want s to look at the fact that they have “been there” or “done that” I happen to think it’s quite idiotic. On the other hand I think its only fair to say that no one would have really gone out and saw all of the artwork had it been in a museum like other people’s artwork. Most of the graffiti I know is done by the underprivileged children in what are usually considered ghettoes of the suburban cities; cities such as Chicago, the Bronx and Queens of New York. Graffiti is such a beautiful art. I personally am amazed at the care and intricacy that can be found in it, and most of the times it has to be done really quickly otherwise the ‘artist’ will be discovered. A lot of times the graffiti is considered tagging, which means that a person has a signature or a signature way of doing something and wants to show his or her artwork. The detail and the different colours and the shading that can be done I quite admire. The sheer size is also awe inspiring as well. When we had to make a cover for a sketchbook in advanced 2-d art class and incorporate our name inside of it, it took me seriously forever to figure out a way to make my name without making it look incredibly stupid. I respect what the taggers are trying to do, but I don’t think it should be on highly public property, like libraries or police stations. Subways are perfectly fine though ^_^.