Is graffiti considered an art form?

Question:

Is graffiti considered an art form?

is graffiti an art form or like a way of people to exspress their feelings? Or is it just trashy use of spray paint. Should there be more places for artist to draw with out any law stopping them?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I believe graffiti is an art form when it is intended to be seen in that manner. Simply taggin' a wall with a can of paint makes it no more a work art than throwing a tomato at that same wall would be. However, "graffiti" that has color scheme, flair, style and purpose, where the word or image itself has IMPACT or meaning, yeah man, that IS ART!

Some of the best Graffiti (and Graffiti artists) ever, came out of the South Bronx and Brooklyn N.Y.C. on subway cars. I loved seeing a huge piece on the side of a building and loved seeing the good stuff on the subway cars way back when. It adds to the landscape and ceratinly gives character to otherwise grim and depressing urban areas. More places and more people should be out there using it to beautify the landscape and deliver their message. F - those crAckerJaCkZ who say (in the most nasally of nasal tones) "Uhm, excuse me, but you are breaking the law sir." They are the same lames who will be paying you millions for your work once it becomes "Urban chic" after you hit it big like Kostabi.