The Graffiti documentary and the talk on Tuesday 9/27/2011 was really thought provoking and interesting.
Yes, more pro-graffiti, but still had both sides. What stood out were some of the street artists comments, i.e., “Art must serve a social cause.” “I tag, therefore I am.” “This is my life, my therapy.”
“This is my gift to the city.” “This gives me a voice.” “This is a full contact sport…” “It’s not for everybody...” “Living and dying to do this.”
I also liked other statements and words such as, “Urban intervention.” “Deeply superficial.” “Nobody asked me if I wanted these big ugly buildings...visual pollution….”
The opinions that the street artists gave as to the going mainstream; legal for money is not really true graffiti anymore, made me think more about that. I believe that it may not be pure, and it may be something else, but if people like it, buy it and get pleasure from it, then so be it. As an artist, you want people to see ‘It” and “Get It.” The street artist’s themselves said it was a rush to see their art go by on trains in the city…to know more people get to see it. So, I think there is plenty of room for both. I don’t think either type of graffiti is going to go away. It is powerful for both the artist and the viewer, and I for one will look at it differently for now on, because of this raw documentary.
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