Brief description:
Graffiti is a kind of public art in which the artist drawing images, icons and properly impressive font on such public surface like wall along the street. This term first came from an Italian word about the practice of posting message, news and announcement on wall in the part, when technology has not support even a fax machine.
My argument:
Graffiti should be considered as an art form. Talking about this, it is suggested to recall how it has been developed to the present. It is thought to be an antisocial behaviour of some individual or group in order to gain attention. Then, during the 20th century, graffiti again emerged in relation to "gangs" in Western... There are more and more stories about this issue, however, from my point of view, graffiti is an art form because it is one's or a group's expression drawn with real inspiration. There's no client, no specific purpose because it's all about feelings and the need of expressing something via drawing. So, it's art.
Yes, it has become very popular all over the world nowadays. However, people notice graffiti as a western style and it still stays as its origin. It can be well known but it can not be applied to other countries or used for representing other culture because the intertextuality is already stable when the audience looking at a graffiti work. I agree we can use it to draw on public place as an international style of wall decoration but it won't be able to represent any of our Vietnamese culture it could only be an imitation.
Reference:
http://www.answers.com/topic/graffiti
http://www.lifescapesmagazine.com/article.php?subaction=showfull&id=1160785512&archive=&start_from=&ucat=28
http://www.graffiti.org/
