Chicago graffiti (Posen, Norris: condo, legal, garages)

[Chicagoland60426]

I actually like graffiti in urban areas, make the city feel more real. I'm talking about the art form, not the gang tags. I seen several Latin King tags in Harvey in the east section around 158th & Halsted.

[lenniel]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

I actually like graffiti in urban areas, make the city feel more real. I'm talking about the art form, not the gang tags. I seen several Latin King tags in Harvey in the east section around 158th & Halsted.

I guess everyone has a right to their own opinion but I doubt you'll find many people that would agree with you in appreciating graffiti. It's vandalism and destruction of property, period, end of story. It's not artistic expression or some other BS excuse/justification that someone might try to use.

How would you like to walk out to your car some morning and find some graffiti 'artist' decided to alter your paint job for you?

[Chicagoland60426]

Originally Posted by lenniel

I guess everyone has a right to their own opinion but I doubt you'll find many people that would agree with you in appreciating graffiti. It's vandalism and destruction of property, period, end of story. It's not artistic expression or some other BS excuse/justification that someone might try to use.

How would you like to walk out to your car some morning and find some graffiti 'artist' decided to alter your paint job for you?

Well I wouldn't like it, but the odds of that ever happening is very slim. Most graffiti(the art version) I seen are on trains and on side of buildings(sometime abandon) or in an alley. The ones that like to tag on people garages, fence, or on the side of houses are gang members and most likely be gang tags.

[surlycue]

Originally Posted by lenniel

I guess everyone has a right to their own opinion but I doubt you'll find many people that would agree with you in appreciating graffiti. It's vandalism and destruction of property, period, end of story. It's not artistic expression or some other BS excuse/justification that someone might try to use.

How would you like to walk out to your car some morning and find some graffiti 'artist' decided to alter your paint job for you?

While I agree with you the OP may try London where Banksy's stuff has been lauded as an art form and is now protected from destruction by the government. The stuff he did in New Orleans recently is very apropos as well.

[Costa Rica Chica]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

I actually like graffiti in urban areas, make the city feel more real. I'm talking about the art form, not the gang tags. I seen several Latin King tags in Harvey in the east section around 158th & Halsted.

It's cool when it was done with permission, or even as a comissioned work of art. It's not cool when it's illegal and someone's property, or even public property is destroyed.

[Venom]

Originally Posted by lenniel

I guess everyone has a right to their own opinion but I doubt you'll find many people that would agree with you in appreciating graffiti. It's vandalism and destruction of property, period, end of story. It's not artistic expression or some other BS excuse/justification that someone might try to use.

How would you like to walk out to your car some morning and find some graffiti 'artist' decided to alter your paint job for you?

The code is not to do Private property, cars, or places of worship.
If you see this, it's gang graffiti.
And a wall with graffiti is much better then a plain, bland, old wall.

[Costa Rica Chica]

Originally Posted by Venom

And a wall with graffiti is much better then a plain, bland, old wall.

Unless the owner wants it to be a plain, bland, old wall.

Venom, you know what's interesting? We have worked with a public arts group which has installed and repaired many murals, some of them quite famous, around Chicago. I asked one of the staff about grafitti and tagging and she told me that it almost never happens, unless the mural is in an obvious state of deterioration. I guess there's a code, even for gangs, not to tag public art - either that or the gangbangers have a soft spot for art!

[Avengerfire]

Wow shouldn't somebody be in school right now?

[Venom]

Shouldn't somebody shut up right now?

[Avengerfire]

I love it when you speak to yourself on your own behalf.