Graffiti artists feeling stifled in Vancouver

<p>Provocative, uncompromising or appealing, graffiti divides. If in certain regions graffiti artists are given support, in others, they are still considered as people painting illegally on private and public properties. In Vancouver, graffiti artists are feeling restrained as free space for expressing their art is becoming more and more limited.</p> <h1>Vancouver street artists express concern</h1> <p>Every type of art needs space. “It is important to have space for street art too”, argues Take 5, a local graffiti artist. In the city, construction and regulations are stifling street art. He is of the view that pervasive attitudes that graffiti is a threat are still persisting and that the city needs to take actions to change this. There has been a worrying absence of dialogue between policy makers and artists.</p> <h1>Graffiti overlapped the skateboarding community in the 90s</h1> <p>Vancouver witnessed the rise of graffiti in the 1990s when it became an integral part of the skateboard community. Take 5 is one of those who embraced this type of street art in those years. According to him, it was only natural that graffiti artists and skateboarders exist side by side as both of these subcultures take place in the street.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/frontrow-magazine/graffiti-artists-feeling-stifled-in-vancouver-e939e887eb25"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>