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Debate Score:37
Arguments:30
Total Votes:41
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Would you consider Graffiti artistic expression thus making it an art form?

Please be explain your stance on the matter.

Yes

Side Score: 20
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No

Side Score: 17
2 points

If its on your own property, or if its with someones permission taht you can do it on their property.

Side: Yes
1 point

If it is on your own property, or otherwise done with permission, it is not graffiti.

Side: No
2 points

Graffiti certainly can be an art form. This question is too sweeping. Some graffiti is simple vandalism. Art is intended. Even the scrawling of a profanity, done artistically, could be an artist exploring lettering, shapes, line quality and how they might be used expressively, even if the subject matter and placement are poorly chosen.

I don't think that legality is a concern when judging artistic expression.

Banksy has obviously elevated graffiti to art and caused us to question what art is in the same way that Warhol did with Pop art.

Side: Yes

Depending on the Artist yes, though simply tagging something with your name is not what i would call art.

Side: Yes
1 point

if graffiti is done on paper it would be an art form . :)

Side: Yes
1 point

It really comes down to what you define art as. It can be anything if you are willing to accept it as "art".

Side: Yes

Urban art can either make a bold statement or an ugly statement. I do consider it as an art form.

Side: Yes
2 points

Drawing your name on someone else's property so you can feel like a badass is not artistic expression.

Side: No

While I admit that there are a handful of instances where graffiti can be considered artistic, by and large graffiti is not an art form.

If we're to accept a crazily scrawled "Motherfucker" on a bridge embankment as art, don't we also need to accept the same thing scrawled on the wall of a bathroom stall in feces?

Side: No
1 point

 by and large graffiti is not an art form.

Graffiti fits the definition of "art".

Art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

Graffiti: writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place.

Now writing may not fit the definition, unless the words are done artistically.

don't we also need to accept the same thing scrawled on the wall of a bathroom stall in feces?

Yes.

Side: Yes
Cartman(18192) Disputed
1 point

the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination

Your definition of graffiti makes no mention of use of creativity.

Side: No
0 points

Where are you getting your definition of graffiti? You're leaving out an important part- the fact that it is illicit, illegal, not consented to by the property owner.

I also have to contest that graffitiy meets that definition of art either. Most graffiti doesn't pass muster of creative skill and imagination, for example- spray painting your name, the name of a gang, or "Motherfucker" isn't creative or imaginative in any way. Furthermore, it doesn't pass muster in regards to being appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

The overwhelming majority of graffitiy is just that- writing, and not done in a particularly interesting or artistic way either.

As such, I have to dispute that graffiti can be classified as an art form. SOME graffiti is art, but those would be classified into an existing art form, eg. painting. You have not made an argument for the classification of graffiti as an art form, all you've done is noted that some forms of graffiti could be classified as art- which I already allowed for.

So despite clicking 'dispute' you have not in fact disputed my claim, so I'll have to downvote you.

I KNOW you aren't seriously argueing that we should consider someone writing "Motherfucker" on a bathroom stall wall in feces as art, and you're just trolling me with that bit. Right?

Side: No