Unpopular opinion: Graffiti is not art.

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Huh


You must be new to the genre. The elements are set.

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I’m not sure that it’s true that I’m disrespecting.

I’m sharing an opinion on whether something is art.

I suppose to some degree it is.
Most of what I see in public is not.
 

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I’m not sure that it’s true that I’m disrespecting.

I’m sharing an opinion on whether something is art.

I suppose to some degree it is.
Most of what I see in public is not.
Ok

I see what you mean

Most of what you see isn’t skillful

But a lot of art appears to be unskilled

This Jackson Pollock painting costs $140 million dollars … good luck telling art critics and art dealers that took no skill …

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Ok

I see what you mean

Most of what you see isn’t skillful

But a lot of art appears to be unskilled

This Jackson Pollock painting costs $140 million dollars … good luck telling art critics and art dealers that took no skill …

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Jackson Pollock was a hack.

Whatever. Maybe was a skilled artist.
Maybe it’s true that photography forced painting to go into some abstract hell hole.

But I don’t get it.
 

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Huh


You must be new to the genre. The elements are set.

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Graff got nothing to do with hip hop breh, shyt started on trains in the early 70s and all the og writers listened to black sabbath, led zeppelin and so on. Writers today dont give a fukk about rap and are into minimal/house/techno. Graffiti is its on planet/subculture
 

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Ok

I see what you mean

Most of what you see isn’t skillful

But a lot of art appears to be unskilled

This Jackson Pollock painting costs $140 million dollars … good luck telling art critics and art dealers that took no skill …

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The CIA paid that guy to make meaningless art to distract the culture from the ideological art being put out by socialists.

I don't know if it was worth the money. :mjlol:
 

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RIP Tame 1. I used to bump this before I went out tagging and bombing.


Classic joint. Honorable mention to Qwel’s Manhattan Project.

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art in general is subjective. there are still people who will claim a genre of music is not music. OP you coming off as a boujee Karen and I usually rock with u :dahell:
also, OP shytting on tags and throws and admiring burners is saying you appreciate basketball but only the 3 point shot. The beauty of the game is found in all of its elements; they are inextricably joined. OP has gotten a ton of mileage out of a troll post. If you like clean buildings, why live in NYC
 

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Classic joint. Honorable mention to Qwel’s Manhattan Project.

RIP Kizer CAB
RIP Mr. Never SF
RIP WIZ 1UP

also, OP shytting on tags and throws and admiring burners is saying you appreciate basketball but only the 3 point shot. The beauty of the game is found in all of its elements; they are inextricably joined. OP has gotten a ton of mileage out of a troll post. If you like clean buildings, why live in NYC
I don’t live in nyc. But I do work there.

It is true that I have trolled in this thread to some degree.

But I also maintain that graffiti is unattractive and as a broad truth, is almost always done as vandalism and contributes almost nothing to enhance the properties and neighborhoods that receive it.

Are there exceptions? Sure.
 

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There is zero graffiti in your house.
Somehow you didn’t consider it real art to put on your walls.

:coffee:
I know plenty of local graffiti artists I would definitely commission them to do my home gym, ,garage or workshop, but im technically in the culture.:yeshrug:
 

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It’s both art and vandalism :blessed: it’s where the misfits thrive
a world of rules and chaos
 

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Unpopular opinion:

Graffiti is not art.
It’s vandalism.

Every time I’m riding a train or subway in the city, I have to look at this crap on walls and highways and overpasses and it’s sad.

Most times you can’t even make out what things are supposed to be.

It’s ugly and ruins the beauty of the neighborhood.

To be fair: I’m not talking about commissioned works that may honor some famous person. Frankly that’s just a mural and can be done well.

But these stupid tags and bubble letters have got to go.

:coffee:


Banksy motion in the art world says otherwise tho
:yeshrug:
 

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If money and popularity meant good then explain Cardi B.

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I get what u trying to compare it to, but it ain’t no where near the same realm/lane remotely

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Don’t compare a trained artist to no stripper with ghostwriters
 
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