Graffiti : Art or Vandalism

[Shar]

Graffiti as a whole is vandalism as it is illegal if done without permission out in streets etc
I think this question is more of "what is art?"
Graffiti can be art but it depends on how people perceive it.

[-:Undertaker:-]

It looks bloody awful and i'm grateful I don't live in an area which it is featured in, as are most of you I have a feeling.

[garriet]

i personally think vandalism because if it was art it would have been put there in the first place, graffiti isn't so therefore it's vandalism as it's effectively ruining a building or something. if they wanted it to be there then they would have put it there when they were building it which is why it is described as vandalism because vandalism means - action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.

[CreatureOfNight]

Technically it is vandalism, but a lot of graffiti is really beautiful, so some would also consider it as art.