As thought of to many, graffiti is vandalism. While this is very true to some extent the 21st century has brought a wave of legal, commissioned graffiti on murals, walls, and other places in urban areas. Corporations have chosen to use graffiti as a catchy way to advertise and draw/catch the viewers’ attention which has been very effective from a marketing standpoint. Artists who are doing these murals (as seen below which is one seen in Toronto’s downtown core by the auto-company Midas) are a very good business for artists in the trade and make a considerable amount of bank and earn great reputation on the street. Because it is a fairly new practice the market is virtually untapped but that is quickly changing and graffiti artists who were once the fiends and rats in the eyes of the city and society are now very successful artists whose business just keeps on getting better.
By: Alex S.
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ReplyDeleteyour post is very much like graffti itself
ReplyDeleteI consider Graffiti a form of art even if it is onthe street. Graffiti is a way for artist to express themselves by sending out amessage. However I think that graffiti that represents a gang is not a form of art.
ReplyDelete- Amanda