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disimba: seymourbuhts: disimba: seymourbuhts: ladyatheist: cijithegeek: kyssthis16: yeezysdisciple: youngbertreynolds: thempress: Maybe put it on a canvas instead of someone’s property, and we can all be happy. who paying for these canvases or the art programs so these kids can have that? Why should it matter if these run down buildings that never get fixed up anyway get graffiti’d?  Therein lies the issue. Art programs, both visual and performance based, are the first programs to be cut. Canvas ain’t cheap. Neither are the supplies. Much of the graffiti that takes place IS on buildings that are run down. The gov’t didn’t place any value on these properties and yet get pissy with dudes “vandalizing” their shit. You can’t have it both ways, ya dig.  My father was a garment contractor in LA. In the late 80s, he owned the building where he had his factory. He thought it would be a cool idea to commission local graffiti artists, usually young Black and Latino men looking to stay out of trouble, to paint murals on his buildings. After all, he runs a garment design/manufacturing company, and creative signage is great advertising. One day, he showed up to the building and the city just painted over the murals without permission or notice. First, the city told him he couldn’t have graffiti art on HIS building because it brought down property value. After he complained, then they said: ok you can do this, but you need a permit. After he got the permit, then the city said: ok, but you can only use these artists.  Of course, these artists were all White graphic design students from USC, and of course they charged 3x more. There is a prejudice against this type of art, and it’s racial.  Banksy vandalizes folks buildings all the time, and folks treat him like the Messiah. He ain’t doing nothing new that Black and Brown folks haven’t done for decades. You’ve got to admit, Banksy is pretty awesome. Eh, in my view, Banksy is a street artist, street artists get more cred and respect from the common public because SOMETIMES their work leaves a “message” I suppose. This is as apposed to graffiti writers, who are out their for their own fame and rep only among other writers. Racial profiling is, yes, used quite a bit for this art, but keep in mind graffiti isn’t limited to the US. There’s other writers in less racially diverse places that also get penalized and are looked down upon, because of what they do. Graffiti writers also are connected and compare to the people who are just straight up graffiti vandals, thiefs, gangs, etc. So to the common people this is vandalism, as beautiful this work is, even the time, pain, and money put into some of these murals is still considered trash to many people. It’s sad, the “art” picture that had been posted looks like something i found in my dumpster, and the “vandalism” post of a mural would just so happen to be right next to that dumpster. So it all depends from a peoples perspective. Imo, anything can be art, even if only one person thinks it is, people just need to open their eyes and pull that stick out of their asses. And now I don’t even know what I’m talking about anymore lol. And there’s part of the “profiling”, Banksy and the likes are identified specifically as “street artists” instead of taggers or writers, which as you said, are a lot of the time just trying to get their own name out. They may have some very commendable work but it could be valued less because there is no “message”. But isn’t most “art” without a message? Also it might be seen as a display of greed? I don’t know what my point is. Me neither, but talking about it is interesting. Imo street artists do try and get their name out as well, BUT I believe because they want to be able to take their work and put it into gallerys, the “greed” for street artists would be money. I’d say for graffiti artists, their greed would be the fame, instead of cash. I’m putting this as in like the majority of these groups.
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