Most graffiti is not new in form and is more a game between a few. While meaningful art can take on the form of a game, this is one we are stuck playing. Graffiti with our give-in attitude is ...

Graffiti is not art, just crime. By Donn Esmonde Feb 10, 2006 Feb 10, 2006; 0; ... The so-called graffiti "artists" range from teenage pranksters to rebels without a cause to hard-core antisocials.

Graffiti is not an art form. Graffiti vandals choose areas where the most exposure will be gained. Those caught in the act are subject to charges of a misdemeanor under Maryland state law.

Graffiti is certainly not a new kid on the urban block. In ancient Pompeii, houses were brightly painted in reds, yellow and blue, ideal surfaces for everything from electoral slogans and ...

Graffiti is not an art form April 24, 2015 More than 10 years ago I was outraged that the April 19 Local Digest item " Police make arrest in Metro graffiti case " described the suspect as a ...

However, graffiti artists saw these as mere challenges and worked even harder to hit their targets. Graffiti was anything but eradicated. In fact, it has spread around the world. “Graffiti, at its ...

“Graffiti art is noncommissioned and usually illegal. That’s clear enough, but it doesn’t exactly reflect judgment of the content. It amounts to saying that if the city likes it, it’s a mural.

Alley-Barnes says that there are lines not to cross when it comes to street art, and that is what Seattle is pushing back on. One major line is the "negative behavior" Alley-Barnes spoke about.

He’s not a graffiti artist but is a master at painting murals, both inside and outside. “Art is supposed to be pleasing and it’s supposed to make a statement,” Smith said.

The Baltimore Sun did the city a disservice by publishing a front page article characterizing graffiti as “art” and “beautiful chaos” (“Baltimore resident documents ci… ...