I’m not a big fan of graffiti (mostly repetitive, often self-indulgent, condones tagging) - but then there’s this:
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I saw a portion of this awhile ago. Absolutely incredible. There’s graffiti, and then there’s art.
In Surrey it seems nothing is sacred (even a brand new, gorgeous wooden fence wasn’t spared by taggers), but I never see the works of art I’m familiar with in Vancouver (various alleys, and under the Granville St Bridge near Granville Island, for example). Out here it’s just vandalism… I don’t think they have anywhere proper to make art if those folks are one and the same.
I saw a portion of this awhile ago. Absolutely incredible. There’s graffiti, and then there’s art.
In Surrey it seems nothing is sacred (even a brand new, gorgeous wooden fence wasn’t spared by taggers), but I never see the works of art I’m familiar with in Vancouver (various alleys, and under the Granville St Bridge near Granville Island, for example). Out here it’s just vandalism… I don’t think they have anywhere proper to make art if those folks are one and the same.
Have you seen Banksy? Worth looking up: http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&q=banksy&um=1&ie=UTF-8