Is Graffiti Art or Just Messy?

This week we were give a question of is graffiti art or just messy? We then had to create a persuasive text on our opinion about graffiti. I enjoyed doing this because I got to write about graffiti after finding out more about graffiti. Next time I will use more emotive words

Is Graffiti Art or Just Messy?

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Have you ever thought, what is graffiti? Is it a piece of art or is it just messy? There are lots of reasons why people think that graffiti is art but there are also many reasons why people think it is messy and ruins towns. What is your opinion? In my opinion I think that graffiti is messy.

Graffiti is messy; it ruins structures and buildings it has been put on. Who do you think takes all of the graffiti that has been put on walls and buildings? Well whoever they are it costs them lots of money. Also to other people they might find it disrespectful to their culture.

The graffiti is hard to get off walls and the council has to use more money. What does the council use the money for? They have to buy graffiti resistant paint so that when they take the graffiti off it will be easier. In addition to that the council has to buy supplies to even just take off the graffiti. In Australia it takes about $30 Million to remove graffiti in one year but here is New Zealand from 2006 to 2011 it had cost the Auckland council $20 million to remove and cover up graffiti.

What would happen to you if you vandalized something? There is a chance that you would be fined or be imprisoned. Graffiti Vandalism Act 2016: If you are caught destroying or damaging someone's property; you could be charged with $24,000 and 2 years of imprisonment. If you are caught with something and the intention of using it to damage something or caught selling something to use for damage to a child you can be charged with a $6,000 fine.

Have you ever thought to yourself what if someone vandalised your property? When others put up graffiti, not all people will find that it looks nice. To them it might look like a mess. People from other cultures or different backgrounds might see something in the graffiti that they might find offensive. Like if there is something important from their culture used in the graffiti, they might look at it and see this as a bad thing. Also when graffiti is already messy and then someone else does more graffiti on top of ones that are already there it becomes even messier.

These are three reasons why I think that graffiti is just messy. It takes councils lots of money to clean, remove and cover up. What do you think? Do you think that graffiti ruins towns and cities? Or do you think that it another type art that shows your feelings?