Originally posted by ajoe So, are you saying that all Graffiti is done by poor kids who are thieves?
Thieves,vandals,and....insanely talented
I paint and it's not cheap..but it's a lot cheaper than photography
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Anyone really interested can buy the cans. (they usually buy the cans..or at least all the ones i know..and i know a fair number of people who paint...).
Originally posted by MRRiley Graffiti like this rises to the level of art, though most does not.
That kind of graffiti is made by experienced people...who gained their experience painting pieces that don't get the "art" status..sooo
you can't have the one without the other.
And finally i think it's a lot better to see a colorfull city where people can express and draw than a boring "clean" one....
(I would like a city as the russian futurists imagined
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P.D.:Only thing i hate is when some potentially good painters get stuck in the narcisistic competition about "owning" and "marking" spaces..reminds me too much of dogs pissing in every wall and corner they see..