Research: Graffiti In Stratford

So the last episode was very much about graffiti in Stratford. A topic that many people would consider to be troublesome, and by many people I mostly mean elders which Stratford has a lot of. Some people consider it an art form while others believe it is just vandalism.

Whether or not it looks good or not graffiti on private property and around high streets is illegal as it is considered to be vandalism. Councils are often having to take off graffiti and having to go back to the same place not long after to deal with more graffiti used to replace it. The Stratford-On-Avon District Council does its best to remove graffiti in order to "maintain the appearance of the district".

It's unfortunate that graffiti has received such a bad reputation as it is almost always done by the hands of anti-social teenagers who don't really understand how valuable the towns image is to some of the citizens and as said earlier it is illegal as it is vandalism. 

However there are cases when people spend a long time working on some pieces and can be considered masterpieces. One graffiti artist by the name 'Banksy' has pieces that are worth thousands. Though Diane Shakespeare, a spokesperson for the 'Keep Britain Tidy' campaign said "We are concerned that Banksy's street art glorifies what is essentially vandalism". Despite all of this Banksy has a huge following and continues to use graffiti to show off his artistic skill.

The underlying fact is that yes graffiti is illegal and more often than not its done for the wrong causes. Its fair enough it has been acted upon like it has but as. Its a shame considering it puts the works of people like Banksy down because of what graffiti is known to involve.