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"..he'd like to see some early profits send a graffiti "tagger" to art school." I'm into photographing abandoned buildings, and the graffiti inside them is oft
by ShabbyDoo 17y ago
"..he'd like to see some early profits send a graffiti "tagger" to art school."
I'm into photographing abandoned buildings, and the graffiti inside them is often incredibly artistic. Too bad that there's no publicly-sanctioned space for these artists to show off their work. Perhaps the illicitness of the process is part of the allure, but I can't imagine working that hard on something that would be seen by few. What's also notable is that, at least to my as a middle-class white guy, most graffiti doesn't seem gang-related. Most of the low-quality stuff probably is, but the good stuff is often something incredible like an abstract city skyline.
- Bluem00 17y agoYou might be interested in the Venice Beach public art walls. They are repainted every weekend with high quality "graffiti". http://www.veniceartwalls.com/ http://www.veniceartwalls.com/
- jordanb 17y agoBerlin has some designated "grafitti walls." Since they get overprinted so much, nothing there lasts long. People use them for practice before going elsewhere to do their masterpieces.
- ja30278 17y agoIt's odd, but as I've gotten older I've _really_ started to hate graffiti...for every undiscovered artistic genius practicing art 'outside the mainstream', there are 5000 ignorant 'X was here' messages uglify-ing the landscape. Paper is cheap enough that there isn't a need to vandalize your surroundings in order to express yourself. If you absolutely _must_ paint mural size graphics, do it on the walls inside your house. Also, get off my lawn.
- epe 17y agohttp://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/horizontal_1.htm