Graffiti art/Guerilla art..Cancer of the arts?? WAH???

GRAFFITI ART

GUERILLA ART

Graffiti is metastasizing our cities?!!! ahh naranjas en la cabeza!! wait dnt take out ur dictionary metastasizing, is like a cancer or malignant tumor hitting a new site..gracias webster! So this art form fits into the whole "what is art" subject matter..hm?. I wont go there tho,this debate has been goin on since the 70's i believe..geesh I wasnt even born then..anyways I wont try to answer this conundrum, but I will comment!! Graffiti is vandalism!! period point blank! make a copy, highlight it,fax it or email to ur friend- i dnt care!!just engrave it in ur heads graffiti = Vandalism!! and i think vandalsim is illegal?..i think :)

This doesnt exactly mean im against it or for it, here is what im against in graffiti art. It has a negative stigma associated with it!! Where I grew up, and in other urban areas young wanna be artist begin "taggin" the neighboorhoods, Now im all for unconventional methods of art ( or anything in life for that matter) But taggers come on?! all you wana do is immortalize ur name and be seen as "cool" give it a rest!! learn to be an artist first then make a statement!! and thats the problem with most graffiti artist too!! yeah ok, your a bad ass spray can user..yay! who cares?!! i sure as hell dont!! So you can draw a fancy painting on someone elses property/business? come on be more respectful!! You already broke the law the least u can do is hand out a positive image to the viewr or make a socio-political comment? there are kids right now in Mexico getting recruited to be narcs and all you wana do is draw ur name on a wall?..shit man! think about enlightning the viewr, otherwise ur just wasting ink, time, and invading my sight!!

Also imagine ur a parent and ur driving thru a new neighborhood, and BANG u get a flat! its in the evening and its getting dark, u get out the car to change the tire, analyze the situation and behold!! u see a wall all "tagged up" and pretty picture of a ganster looking wall painting! will u feel safe? I sure as hell would make sure thats the fastes tire ive changed in my life! (ok i lie id take a pic and prob throw a bucket of white paint over it)..but u get my point..negative stigma attached to it..is it judgemental yes!! but u cant avoid it, all humans judge!! u wana change the image of graffiti? please do so, but that has to start from the beginning..and its a whole other issue i rather not get into now..

ontop of just what we feel wen we see graffiti on an urban wall, also think how are we gona revitalize our neighborhoods?..whos gona wana invest in a business in an area that is tagged up?..This issue happens all the time! In New Yorks lower east side this issue occurred..graffiti and taggins scared away developers and investors and the area became a breeding ground for squatters and drug dealers..a job well done huh? Look I can go on and on with articles ive read that support graffit art movement and others that are against it! The fact of the matter is i wish some graffit artist would be more concious of their actions. You can do this by bringing ur talents into a graffiti theme in a gallery..which is happeneing more and more, but beginning graffiti artist dont do this enough..they feel they need to get sum street cred..wat can we do??? wat a conundrum!!

Guerilla art!! now this is sum genius work here!! blek le rat, banksey, invader wk interact, list goes on! I love the work they do! or did !! yeah some of these guys are old skool, and did their work many years ago. blek le rat, is the founder of stencil technique that became so popular and widespread! I believe the biggest difference between a graffiti artist and a guerilla artist is that a guerilla artist makes for better art..It has more qualities, they use the surrounding environment to add to their artwork. Blek le rat communicates political messages to the public in a subtle way, thru monochrome images that speak out about important issues, and at the same time they dont scare the viewr, nothing really negative is attached to this style! Is it vandalism YES!! this is also vandalism, but again at least as a viewr i feel blessed seeing art that inspires me or makes a stand about current issues, opens eyes to the public about issues that need to be in the spotlight, like the war, or other issues that are not tiger woods related!!!

I am being biased and who cares, its how I feel! I admire the time and energy and talent that goes into both graffiti art and guerilla art, but guerilla art is by far my favorite! Because in my mind it has a purpose! like any great art work it gives me something to think about, it enlightens me. maybe its the fact that most of the work deals with anit-capitalis messages. Or the idea that its simply clever art! I wish I had some of the genius ideas these guys have! All in all guerilla art is clever, speaks out to the people, attacks the monster called capitalism, fun, and relatively new!

SOOOOO in my eyes if there is such a thing as an art civil war..Then Im ready to go into battle for the guerilla side!! bring it sistah, I rather die on my feet thatn live in a graffiti environment! Hasta la victoria!!!