| I recently came across a newspaper article in which | | | | supposed to discover the colorful buildings of China |
| narrow minded people with a snobbish mentality | | | | Town in their whole beauty? |
| seemed to deny graffiti the quality of being considered | | | | It is not because artistic expression is different from |
| as art. As a defender of artistic expression and having | | | | what you are used to that it should necessarily be |
| quite a good knowledge of urban culture, I would like to | | | | considered as crap. Be open minded towards the |
| raise my voice today in order to defend graffiti as a | | | | unknown, explore different cultures, learn how to |
| full part of urban culture that goes along with rap | | | | appreciate the difference and the originality of a |
| music, Djing and break dancing. | | | | genuine style that represents a culture. |
| If we consider art to be the products of human | | | | Hip hop culture might be a subculture. It is nevertheless |
| creativity, then we should be aware that graffiti totally | | | | the voice of numerous people from the underground. |
| fit into that category. | | | | Try to understand instead of shutting the voice of |
| Not only are graffiti an original way of artistic | | | | several generations down. |
| expression, those drawings are also the voice of the | | | | People using their spray bombs won't ask you for |
| youth in the ghetto. | | | | permission while creating their picture. Their art is |
| Narrow minded people who often live in a comfortable | | | | present de facto and there is probably nothing you can |
| bubble gum world would preferably like to deny ghetto | | | | do about it if you don't like it. Those people don't have |
| youths their own way of expressing. | | | | the means to pay for gallery exposure, but they want |
| Let me tell you something: if you consider Picasso's | | | | to be the representatives of a voice our governments |
| Guernica as a modern artistic expression and you | | | | would prompt to shut down. |
| praise it by any means, then you should also consider | | | | Don't censor a beauty that is still unveiled in front of |
| graffiti as pieces of art. | | | | your eyes: open your mind and try to understand the |
| Very often, the fear of the unknown prevents many | | | | voice of the oppressed and underprivileged. If you |
| people from discovering masterpieces. If you are | | | | really make the effort to go into detail, you will be able |
| afraid of Chinese people, for instance, how are you | | | | to see the hidden beauty of a human heart's cry. |