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Monday, March 14, 2011

The Graffiti Artist Myth


The public in my opinion has been sold a false bill of goods. Graffiti Writers are not artists. Some are artists, but being a Graffiti Writer is about writing your name (even if that means painting it as tall and as wide as a train). Graffiti is illegal by default, as soon as all you do is legal or commissioned art, you WERE a Graffiti Writer and became something society calls a Graffiti Artist. Is there anything wrong with being a Graffiti Artist? No. In fact many of us Graffiti Writers become at least part time Graffiti Artists as we get older. This whole Graffiti Artist myth has been propagated by businesses that want to profit from cheap art and by artists that want to be edgy and cutting edge and Graffiti is their gimmick.