Graffiti Art

Suddenly the graffiti art has accomplished a very respectful place. It has become the voice of people and a way of expressing a common feeling of the citymakers. For years graffiti represented the sentenced art, a painting that most not be there, a result of vandalism. The artist is not an artist it’s a non respectful person that has no education and was not taught to respect others wall.
In my opinion what makes a graffiti an artwork is the whole concept of it. First, you have to choose the place for the painting, second, you have to choose the perfect time to do it and, while doing it, be aware that nobody sees you. It seems so wrong but in the end you need a lot of braveness and technique to be into it and practice it frequently.
Another positive characteristic of graffiti art is the language that expresses. I heard there are groups that establish a proper language and they send messages through their drawings. They even have a special signature that distinguishes each group. So people that are really into it may say as we, art lovers do: look! It’s a Pollock. Or wow! Have you seen the Picasso in the corner between the third and the x avenue? Or what about our beloved Bansky, who dialogues with people through graffiti and ads an ironic significance to the writings and paintings by suggesting the perfect spot to take a beautiful tourist photo.
Particularly, in Mexico we have developed a lot of graffiti makers that are called “pandillas” or gangs and are considered vandals and dangerous. But very strange, the last month the Social Security System in Mexico City thought about a very interesting solution to graffiti.
There is a famous stadium of football located in the south of Mexico and all the surrounding walls were inevitably covered by graffiti paintings. On a heavenly inspiration, someone suggested to allow graffiti makers to paint in the walls but in a legal way. And it worked!. About 300 young artists did a good work and today you can go to the stadium and have even an historic story about the most significant events that have had taken place in this stadium. I think that government initiative didn’t just helped graffiti but also encouraged the Mexican creativity and promote artistic expression. It also has, as antiques paintings, a lot of information about Mexican lifestyle and costumes. I think in Mexico we need more social initiatives like this to add diversity and spontaneity to normal life.