John Kiss
According to The Forward, Kiss' graffiti attempts to encourage change but missed the point. The simplicity and aesthetics of the works serve as a detractor from their messages: "it would be easy to mistake an appreciation for them for a real understanding of the wrongs they tried to address." Any social activism hoped to be encouraged through the form of graffiti is bound to be forgotten as viewers turn their "backs on [the work], laughing and chatting, and moving on."