~Response 2 Graffiti~

First off, I would just like to say that i am fully aware that several people have already chosen Luis's Graffiti Blog, (see below as for post well).

"Some people might say that urban art or “graffiti” is bad for the community and for people. I do not think that urban art is bad for any reason. Urban art is not necessarily destruction of property, I think of it as more of coloring or decorating the city. Most of the property being painted is not even being used. I agree that urban art should not be done on important places such as religious places, cemeteries, and so on. In urban art, there are some rules. Some rules are like: no tagging on churches or places of worship; no tagging cars or houses; no going over someone who is a lot better than you unless its beef; do not tag your personal property (except of course black books and such); no tagging over murals or memorials; and do not tag on schools. The people who do not follow these rules are not considered writers, and those are the people that give urban art a bad name".

As i stated above i am aware of the usage of this particular post. However, i felt like this quote was the most touching and reflective post of the "blogs available for me to read". What i find most interesting about this post is how Luis tries to express how he feels about "graffiti" and the reasons why it shouldn't always be considered as a harmful/ sinful type of felony. He wants to show that graffiti to him is art, it doesn't have to be on walls and doesn't even have to do anything with breaking the laws. I also want to show kudos on how he explains the little things noticed by most anti-graffiti people (including police articles).

These artists ( Dream, Banksy, C212, Dan Witz, and Judith Supine ) , who are known all over the world. Dream was murdered in Oakland, CA on February 17, 2000. Dream was a well-respected Oakland Area Graffiti Artists and a friend to many graffiti artist worldwide. He was surely and will surely be missed forever. He had inspired millions of artists to fight for what they believed in.

"Dan Witz, an artist i never really knew until i researched him on the internet; Dan is a street artist in New York City. He is mostly famous for his hummingbirds and realistic lifelike portraits that look almost as if they were photographs taken. Judith Supine is known for an unusual type of street art that non like her preform. His ( i use to believe she was a female but after study i understood) work is colorful, bright and usually made up of various mediums an of sizes including "paste ups" ( which is mostly art on sticky paper, that gets stuck on walls, cars etc.) and "aerosol" ( a very toxic pollution and dangerous gas that comes from a spray can). Supine's work is a kind of graffiti pop art ( art that looks 3D pops out to viewers). C215 is a young French graffiti artist whose work is found is mostly found in France. However, its been spreading all around the world. C215 is know for his elaborate stencil graffiti work. He has been known to paint everything from portraits of his daughter. Who must be a serious inspiration to him. to whom he is deeply devoted, to portraits of "pure evil" and beautiful romantic scenes. C215 is not as hidden or reclusive as many other graffiti artists, many of these artist seem to want to seek to remain anonymous and stay anonymous and there work is noticed but not known ." ( some info from available sources )

The reason why i talk about this; is because of the great things these artists did. Not all of them are vandals, yet some maybe. However, from what i seen i don't think any of these "artists" deserved or even yet deserve any type of brutal death. In all the ways that art is done or even created i believe it should be respected. That's why I chose Luis post, i wanted to let out the feelings that me and him both reflected through-out graffiti.

Sources: http://www.life123.com/arts-culture/art-history/graffiti/famous-graffiti-artists.shtml

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