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Banksy: Artist or Lawbreaker?

Art is a persons’ opinion. The definition of art is the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. There is no real definition for what is beautiful or appealing to the human eye. Banksy is said to be an artist by some and a graffiti lawbreaker by others. Basically, it is up to the person to define Banksy as someone who is doing the right thing verses doing the wrong thing. Banksy creates his graffiti pictures to make a stand for what he believes is the right way to look at controversial issues. Some people may not like Banksy’s graffiti because they do not have the same views as him. Some people might not like it because graffiti is vandalism and they see no art in vandalism. People who dislike his stencil graffiti art consider Banksy a lawbreaker. I personally believe that Banksy is a unique artist that will make a statement with his art, also keeping his identity a secret.

Art is completely based on personal opinion of beauty and creativity. There is common ground between people’s thoughts on what art is and what isn’t. No one can prove that Banksy is an artist or a criminal; they can only have their opinion. In my mind Banksy is an artist that has a developed a unique art formed around the world. Banksy’s stencil graffiti art is controversial because graffiti is vandalism yet, Banksy’s creates a work of art.

Quote from Banksy wall and piece

“ I’m going to speak my mind, so this wont take very long.

Despite what they say graffiti is not the lowest form of art. Although you might have to creep about the night and lie to your mum its actually one of the more honest forms available. There is no elitism or hype, its exhibits on the best walls in town has to offer and nobody is putt off by the price of admission.

A wall has always been the best place to publish your work.

The people who run our cities don’t understand graffiti because they think nothing has the right to exist unless it makes a profit, which makes their opinion worthless.

They say graffiti frightens people and symbolic of the decline in society, but graffiti is only dangerous in the mind of these types of people; politicians, advertising executives and graffiti writers.

The people who truly deface our neighbourhoods are the companies that scrawl giant slogans across buildings and buses trying to make us feel inadequate unless we buy their stuff. They expect to be able to shout their message in your face from every available surface but you’re never allowed to answer back. Well, they started the fight and the wall is a weapon of choice to hit them back.

Some people became cops because they want to make the world a better place. Some people become vandals because they want to make the world a better looking place.”