In this video, it shows that graffiti is an art form. To some, it is believed that graffiti is a creative work of art that are used to express emotion, tell a show, and show the heart and soul of the city, like described in the clip. The artist tag
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This video is just a bunch of clips edited together to create a trippy video, but it shows how fast graffiti can go up and how it is always done by hoodlums. Does that make it crime just because that certain profile is doing the “art”?I always wondered if they
In this short clip, it shows how many others see graffiti as an art form. But others, such as business owners are furious and call graffiti a crime. The art form that takes to make graffiti an “art” takes much effort and skills in formulating such design and image. I
During the beginning of April, 2003 and event occurred in Firdos Square that changed the lives of thousands of Iraqis in Baghdad. There was a statue of Saddam Hussein that stood about the height of four men that resembled his power over the people but, to the people, he was

Graffiti on public property is an act of vandalism which is a serious crime. However, to some people it is seen as art. In the image there is graffiti on a train that goes throughout town; therefore, hundreds of people look at the graffiti and have mixed opinions. Some may

Crime is something entirely created by society, and sometimes it doesn’t necessarily reflect that societies norms. In this oxymoronic picture, someone has ‘broken the law’ writing a message that might otherwise be considered helpful to a certain areas residents. For example, if this neighborhood experienced a lot of littering (which

Nearly two years ago, San Diego artist Nicholas Nicholas coined the word “mendalism”. It happened on January 1, 2011 when he noticed that Brazilian artist Stephan Doitschinoff’s untitled contribution to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Viva La Revolución street art exhibition had been vandalized. The mural’s red ribbon
This video is a broadcast of a hip hop extravaganza in New York City put into place to raise money for a local graffiti artist who plans on turning himself in for one charge of graffiti. They discuss how they are aware that graffiti is a crime, but state that

Sometimes the shadow space where art and crime overlap is not money, not fame, but a vision. At least this is what Mark Patterson contends. His crime of installing the Surfing Madonna- a glass mosaic- under a train overpass in Encinitas was not motivated by senility or the search for