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Is all graffiti bad ?
Some graffiti artists are extreamly good ,there work often looks better than the original wall.
Most graffiti is scribbles and crude messages .whats your veiw on graffiti?

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rosco · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

It's very, very rare that graffiti is any good - mostly they are just tags sprayed mostly anywhere with no artistic value at all.
I think that the owner of the surface being painted should have a say in what goes there - if they don't, it is graffiti no matter how 'interesting' it may appear to some.

Peter Dolman · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject: graffiti

All graffiti is art.

You can see an example of graffiti at 4 Phelps Parade, Calne.

There are some really good graffiti artists in the town who don't get the chance to show their work.

GTB · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:

Are all phallic symbols drawn on shop fronts really art though? :lol:
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Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2899 Status:

The unground passage ways in chippenham by the cinema had some fantastic drawing on them before they were filled in.
i like seeing good graffitti .if it was more controlled it would brighten up quite a lot of places.

Bear · Bentlian Oldboy Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 880 Status:

at Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is often regarded by others as unsightly damage or unwanted vandalism.

The law regards it as vandalism when its done to property owned by someone other than the artist and as stated above it can be anything from a scratched name on a tree to a mural on the side of a house

rosco · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:11 am Post subject:

Peter Dolman · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: graffiti

When I decided to open my shop in Phelps Parade I invited the John Bentley School to send some art students to graffiti the shop walls.

The 4 who came and worked for 4 days in the shop produced some great graffiti. What was pleasing was the number of people who came and looked at their work. This included their mates at the JBS but also pensioners who also expressed delight at the images.

The process of making graffiti is as structured as any piece of art, the graffiti artist does not slap a bit of paint on a wall. Any good graffiti makes a statement normally about social issues. I admit some of the messages need to be pointed out to me as I find I do not speak the same language as some of them.

I would like the town council to build a wall in the town centre where griffiti artist can display their skills without fear of favour.

We are lucky in Calne in that there is not a graffiti problem. There was some which had to be removed from the Leisure Centre walls but in general Calne is graffiti free.

Chepfer · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

I agree whole heartedly Peter. A place for an expression of art wold be good for Calne.

The problem though i think is that, part of the challenge of graffiti, is to show it where it should not be, we were all a little rebelious in our youth, it is part of learning independance....... However think of Gaudi , he always had permission to colour up a building ..... SOME youth of today do not understand respect (as they have been given none themselves probably) ,so they cause damage to property through vandalism.

I would not like it sprayed across the front of my house.......... not without my permission.
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Peter Dolman · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject: graffiti

Chepfer, my idea for a graffiti wall allows for artists of any age to put their TAG on it, but it could be repainted every 6 or 12 months to allow new work.
The better pieces could be photographed and copies sold!

There are surfaces in the town which could be covered and I have suggested permission is sought. I hope it will be so some day!

I am making my 2nd visit to Barcellona during half term and Gaudi's work never fails to inspire!