<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>I don't chime in often here on Town Talk but I feel I must this time.</div><div><br></div><div>I agree with Bruce. While I do not believe tagging for tagging's sake is artful (nor for that matter are obscenities an artful way of expression), I would argue that graffiti is art. Certainly, as Gerald pointed out, it is being sold and collected as art. Perhaps we should remember both the Impressionists and the field of photography when we make blanket statements in this manner. Once they were not art either.</div><div><br></div><div>Bruce: perhaps sanctioned "canvas" would go a long way towards more acceptance for these creative people?</div><div><br></div><div>My two cents,</div><div>Liz LaGarde</div><div><br></div><div>Sheridan Street </div><div><br></div><div><br>On Mar 23, 2011, at 8:12 AM, <a href="mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com">bruce.wernek@mindspring.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<p><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">I don't agree Emily. Recall the "mural" on the side of the building that was demolished to make way for the Wachovia building. What's the difference between that and graffiti?</font></font></font></p>
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<p><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">I think you should include graffiti artists in the arts council and provide a venue for them to display their works. I might hire one them to paint a wall in my house.</font></font></font></p>
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<p><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Bruce</font></font></font></p><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px">-----Original Message----- <br>From: <a href="mailto:OurDollMom@aol.com">OurDollMom@aol.com</a> <br>Sent: Mar 23, 2011 7:58 AM <br>To: <a href="mailto:wheadle@yahoo.com">wheadle@yahoo.com</a>, <a href="mailto:towntalk@riverdale-park.org">towntalk@riverdale-park.org</a> <br>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Graffiti <br><br><zzzhtml><zzzhead><zzzmeta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"><zzzmeta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"></zzzmeta></zzzmeta></zzzhead><zzzbody style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id="role_body" topmargin="7" rightmargin="7" leftmargin="7" bottommargin="7"><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">
<div>People around the world have the same </div>
<div>problem with graffiti. Wherever there is </div>
<div>graffiti, there is trash, garbage. If the</div>
<div>town does not clean it up immediately,</div>
<div>property values plummet. The last article</div>
<div>I read on the topic that only in a few designated</div>
<div>places around Philadelphia allowed it and some</div>
<div>places in NY allowed it - and it was on old</div>
<div>abandoned warehouses due to be torn down.</div>
<div>It is NOT an acceptable form of expression to the</div>
<div>public any where. There are many different kinds</div>
<div>of art classes listed & within each form of art there</div>
<div>is a criteria & levels of achievement in the</div>
<div>field except for 2 kinds that have not been</div>
<div>rated. People who do graffiti are said not</div>
<div>to have much artistic talent for if they did</div>
<div>they would pursue the arts & become </div>
<div>educated in an acceptable art field.</div>
<div>Emily</div></font></zzzbody></zzzhtml></blockquote><pre>
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