By:
Jeremy Gallagher
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| Unknown by unknown artist Spray paint on wall |
Works
of art appear throughout the Houston area. You can find these various forms of
art in galleries and museums throughout the city; however, these are not the
only curators of beautiful artwork in the Houston area. Another arena of art
emerges in today's modern society, commonly referred to as street or graffiti
art.
If
your parents were anything like mine, every time a defaced train passed during
a drive, you too received a constant, uninformed and misdirected lecture about
why graffiti is an illegal art that should be punished for its destructive
nature. In addition to this, my parents criticized the magnificent paintings of
spray paint and was actually told that these painters possessed no skill
because it was not actually an art but merely the ability to colorfully portray
a word or an image of no significant meaning. However, upon my introduction to Houston's
Street Art Mecca, I obtained an entirely new perspective of the art, a more
experienced and pure one.
The beautiful, glossy shine, created by the chemical oils in
the spray-paint captures a viewer's attention, appearing so unique compared to
other paintings and wall murals. Ultimately, I highly recommend any urban art
lover to explore the wide variety of the majestic canvases of Houston's
Street Art Mecca, and possibly discover an enjoyment of something society
previously condemned.
