The Problems With Street Art

Street art is often confused with graffiti, the expressive vandalism, The definition of vandalism is, the deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property. Graffiti is defined as, writing or drawings on a wall without the owners permission. But the City of Melbourne is taking big strides to remove unlawful graffiti, and nationally it a costs a fantastic 1.5 billion dollars a year to deal with the graffiti all around Australia, money that could be spent on schools or health. Street Art is defined as, unofficial and independent visual art created in public locations for public visibility. But that's where it gets confusing, are tags considered visual art if the are done in public locations for public viability, Does drawing on a brick wall on the street make you an artist or a vandal. The law is exceptionally grey and confusing and many vandals, if following the definition of Street Art, are actually artists.