I think this might be the same person who did this last time, it's very close to where I saw the last one. Which the city dealt with in a matter of days from when I saw it, so maybe this particular canvas of street art will also get cleaned/painted over.
(I'm not against street art - I'm rather fond of some of the prettier examples of it as an art form, and tagging is an interesting form of self expression - I just said that in that I'm curious how long it will take the city to do something about this tag, since the previous one I found on City property also caused it and nearby graffiti to be quickly cleaned when previously ignored, and graffiti on a trash receptacle is the ultimate "not worth cleaning".)
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graffiti includes things that aren't reasonably art, like whoever wrote hemp on that dumpster in normal ass letters. i'd scarequote "street art" because it's euphemistic and because in context we're including stuff that's less artistic than drawing a dong on the bathroom stall.
All art is a form of progression from crude to elegant. In fact, you can even see that there are relational forms inside that specific tag that also appear in some other more "elegant" tags. For example:
The M in HEMP:
Other Ms in the image:
There is a pretty clear language of strokes and movements between these characters. Some of these are done in paint marker, others in spray paint. Learning how to control a spray can is an important skill to hone. Often these people lack the space to practice this, and even practicing it (if they are a youth) can be viewed negatively within their own home. These could be part of an initiation process as well. I really don't know. However, to say that this is not "reasonably" art is, I think, disingenuous because art is a process that you hone over time. I don't think people go out into the street and write HEMP on a dumpster for no reason. They do it because they are either A) being initiated into something or B) practicing. The reason you would be out in the field practicing is because the activity isn't just about producing the art; it's about producing the art without getting caught.
an infinitely wide category is a useless category. When we write our names on a "Get Well Soon!" card for a coworker we are not, as a baseline, doing art and if you insist that's automatically art 100% of the time i think it's impossible to have a discussion about art with you and suspect you of lying about not having fences.
This. I'm a big fan of street art... when it comes to graffiti on par with/below bathroom stall dicks (which I'd argue can have some artistic value, depending on the amount of detail and if it's drawn doing something, even if it's "gross" subject matter) for artistic meaning, well, I can appreciate the "fuck the system" of it, especially on the property of corporations or shitty governments (less so on municipal infrastructure in a city that does its best to meet public needs, though), but I can acknowledge that a lot of it is kinda ugly.
Actual street art, though, graffiti with artistic meaning and aesthetic value, I'm a lot more in favour of, because yeah, it can look quite pretty or interesting, and I appreciate the effort that goes into it. Street art is a valid art form, and I dislike the use of that term as a euphemism for low effort tagging.
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