Is Graffiti

Art or Vandalism?
CARRIE DANDREA
Overview

The difficulties of determining the difference between art and vandalism

Why graffiti is not always accepted as art
The Broken-Window Theory
Defining graffiti in terms of art
Comparing graffiti to classic art forms
Its importance to our culture
Starry Night By Vincent Van Gogh
The Persistence of Memory
by Salvador Dali
Street Art

According to George Stowers, a student at the University of

Miami:
[Graffiti] has form, color, and other base properties as well
as an arrangement of these elements into structures
that qualify it aesthetically as being art...when the
spraycan art is analyzed according to the artist's intention and
value to audience, there is even more evidence to suggest
that it is genuine art. The only obstacle that has hindered the
general acceptance of graffiti art is its location and
presentation(n.p.).