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I <3 Graffiti!
The artful colorful stuff, not the scribble-and-run kind.
The first set is from one wall behind a bowling alley in Linden, NJ, shown first. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...affitiwall.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...secondhalf.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../thirdhalf.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../firsthalf.jpg These were in Trenton: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...g/graffiti.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../graffiti2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../graffiti3.jpg Had a little fun with this one, also found in Trenton: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...raffiti2go.jpg Anyone else find some of this beautiful art? Care to share? |
I have to agree fully with you ng, graffiti of this sort is really amazing. I used to know of lots of places where pieces such as these were done in Calgary. Unfortunately I no longer live there.
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Cool thread ng. I'll take the scribble and run stuff over legal walls any day - it's nice to see things where they aren't allowed to be.
Peru Ana Ana Peru: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/...b424f0bb4d.jpg N/A: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...3_edited-2.jpg JAone: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/...3c606f86ef.jpg |
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i knew you were going to say that manic. and i agree.
illegal graffiti and the risks involved in terms of not only getting caught, but risk to life and limb make it what it is. i say illegal graffiti of legal walls too. on legal walls, it becomes a piece of art. on illegal walls its a statement, irrespective of how it looks |
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no, i think you read into it a bit too much MV. both is art..one is art on its own..the other is art with an additional statement. i have more 'respect' for illegal graffiti as artwork itself, than legal graffiti purely because if the risk factor. though i condemn it as defacing someone elses property. |
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I don't have any pictures of graffiti, but now I am inspired to take some. Love how that works.
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That is cool, PJ.
When you stop and think that things like this are done with spray cans, it really is a remarkable talent. I took some photos of graffiti done on a railroad overpass and will post them shortly. |
These were taken Thursday not far from my house. Never knew they were there until last week:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3589/...da269cb1_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/...2e6dba94_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/...f4f029de_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/...4af134cf_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/...bf355b3a_o.jpg This is the other half of the wall where the first two images are: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/...009a666f_o.jpg |
These are fantastic, I've always been jealous of people who can draw.
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someone was thinking political graffiti while enjoying a day at the beach.......
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/39...1e040fa1_o.jpg |
very nice. this adds yet another pressure to the already mounting pressure i feel to get a camera. i like tagging/graffiti/murals/whatever...i prefer the tags that pop to the paint signatures, but mostly i like that it is a consistent violation of bourgeois notions that the private and public are separate-------the idea that the private extends to surfaces that are up against a street, or passages or the outside of subway cars is, if you think about it, kinda fucked up.
i also like that it's a popular form that requires alot of skill to pull off. it's good that folk pay attention to process. it's good that folk make things rather than just buying them. so yeah. obviously, the idea that this street art is strictly outside the gallery system or outside the more uptight world of "legit" art is naive at this point. there's a fluidity of boundaries and it's pretty clear that at least some of what you see amounts to public auditions, stuff for portfolios that are sent around with proper artist statements and such. it's been like this for years. so i don't see in street art a necessarily anarchist politics or a rejection of the Man---but i do like it. even the relatively crappy stuff that's around tiny town. makes me miss chicago tho. that place has fantastic streets. |
I had posted these in a photography forum as well and only got one negative to the concept of graffiti as art.
Many urban areas here in NJ, in Philly and other cities, this artform is becoming a legitimate way to enhance otherwise dreary areas. While there will always be some idjit with a black spraycan that just scribbles a name or profanity, I see more and more acceptance of graffiti as "art". After all, even the cave drawings found in France are graffiti, even if they have historical significance. Every time I see a big black or ugly beige square painted on a wall, I wonder what kind of artwork is that ugly thing covering. |
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Revs (installation above a huge wall piece) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/...82a29ff0_o.jpg Gsone http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3344/...558d8fab_o.jpg |
Bernal Heights...then down the hill towards the 'mission'...1998, San Franciso
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...ile0001-37.jpg ---------- Post added at 08:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ---------- sanctioned or not, the message is, the medium. http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...File0008-4.jpg |
btw, there is a word for legal graffiti - murals!
Well done graffiti can be quite good, but a lot of it ends up just being scribbles - I'm not so keen on that type. |
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American Flats in Virginia City... Graffiti capitol of Nevada:
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my contribution.....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...eepwar0155.png somewhere in NYC, Queens I think near the railyards circa 2000 |
manic skafe: i wasn't making an argument against anything you said. just so you know.
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soho graffiti
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Nimoy as Monroe, interesting....
The scribbles on the old building is what I don't like about graffiti |
yes, normally i'd agree, but in this case.... i take exception...
Is 190 Bowery the Greatest Real-Estate Coup of All Time? -- New York Magazine Welcome to 190thebowery.com |
I like it. :)
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i stumbled across this remarkably stupid column in the guardian just now and it reminded me of this thread (the association did not work as that sentence made it sound..bear with me)...
Should Banksy be nominated for the Turner prize? | Art and design | guardian.co.uk the central paragraph that caught my attention is: Quote:
now this. so the article is obviously about banksy, whose work i quite like, even as his way of playing (while "manipulating" and so "not playing") the gallery system game is irritating because it's so obviously what it is. and it's because he has been one of the latest and highest profile street artists to make this shift into that system, he's attracted stuff like this. the opening line of the paragraph above: how is that not a non-sequitor? the distinction between the aesthetic and the social: what the hell that mean? the assumption that street art has an appeal only because it scares old people--where does that come from? i'm wondering if this represents more than the musings of some tool and tracks something of a boundary between "high" and "street" art that makes of the musings of this tool something maybe interesting sociologically. what do you think? |
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Somehow he has conflated graffiti with the growing preponderance of stupid out there. I disagree with him strongly. Plus his writing reeks with a brand of insufferable twitism that I really cannot abide.
I'm surprised to hear that about the Guardian...considering. |
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unattributed taggarts I just happened to find today.
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Does this count? I found it within my faves again.
http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kod...vvero1_500.jpg |
international graffiti / street art "best of"s
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I say it puts the ugh back in ugly.
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I usually like graffiti, unless it's gang related. Then it's just lame.
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Found doodles at the Ratward.
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this is beyond 'simple' compared to the rest, but it always makes me smile, so i thought i'd share - this is in p-town somewhere, can't remember exactly where i took it
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Took these the other day. A passing train.
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http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw0...hhufo1_500.jpg CTRL+ALT+DELETE by filippo minelli http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw0...hhufo1_500.jpg The New York Times published a “CTRL+ALT+DELETE“ photo related to an article on the Israel/palestine situation. Photo taken by Rina Castelnuovo on May 29, 2008. |
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I like the first one featured, and even better that I got to finish the grafitttic poem in the second photo.
(though, the above took me about a minute to read what amounts to two real sentences, so my Spanish is really rusty.) -------------------------- http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr...pwi0o1_500.jpg Rene Gagnon culture jams Planet Aid donation boxes. “These days it seems shoes and clothes just aren’t enough anymore,” says Rene. [more.] |
in Auckland City
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Peaches by BANKSY
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx...7x7zo1_500.jpg
image credit to Banksy Asked about his technique, Banksy said:“I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a girl’s face on some billboard, sometimes that means sweating for days over an intricate drawing. Efficiency is the key.” Oh, wait! Maybe we should start by explaining who the heck is Banksy first of all? Quote:
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Heya, ngdawg. Welcome back.
in response to the above contribution (does the video tell me where these 'tags' are eventually...nvrmnd, it says 'New Brunswick') here is another piece of poetry in motion: Quote:
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Wow, that was incredible.
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more of work tagged by Banksy |
http://29.media.tumblr.com/AfmTlZOdZ...FQwdo1_500.jpg
Seams of sunshine |
One more tagged wall by BANKSY
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Love the street art...wold be great to have some high res ones for desktop wallpapers!
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http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky...5v5io1_500.jpg Exclusive Jon Naar Print and Signed Faith of Graffiti Book - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky...lk2lo1_500.jpg another graffiti tag attributed to Banksy |
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky...fu4to1_500.jpg I know that I have now garnered multiple sources and cornucopias for new, relevant and interesting pieces marked as 'graffitic', but I don't know why whenever I see something, and right under it, it states 'Banksy', I just feel compelled to share. Must be the recency effect. |
I don't have much love for the shouts/namecalls/whatever they're called, but I love the (in my eyes) more artistic stuff. This one was a prime example:
http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv...4pypo1_500.jpg Most of the street art I like in my city is of the stenciled type - I enjoy the simplistic/stylistic choices that arise from it (Banksy is a prime example). Will post if I take any pictures of them :) |
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a tagged and colourful array seen on the side of a house in the Philippines |
Great stuff! It really lightens my day when creativity is loosed in the concrete jungle like that :)
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An afternoon with Julian Guzman aka Skript
the thoughts, creations and workspace of a Bostonian graffiti artist (tagger):
Julian Guzman (Skript) was one of the first people I met when I moved to Boston two years ago. I knew he had an interest in art, because we always talked about it, but I didn’t know at first that he was an artist himself. I was surprised when I first saw his work. For someone so easy-going and humble, his work is strong, sometimes serious, and always expresses his point of view. Julian has been very busy in the last year, with a solo show at Chorus Gallery, group shows at The Savant Project, The Good Life, Technical Skate Shop, Lab Boston, and live painting at Proletariat. When I asked him what he’s planning next, he told me he has been using more light hearted subject matter to have fun with his pieces. These are some pictures from a recent visit I made to Julian’s studio to check out some of his new work. http://i44.tinypic.com/2z8xmr6.jpg http://i41.tinypic.com/20peu8p.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/2czassy.jpg http://i40.tinypic.com/33ou0if.jpg http://i39.tinypic.com/255pg8x.jpg Detail of piece "Colorful Past". http://i42.tinypic.com/2ltkb4n.jpg "Colorful Past" Laser etched into Museum Board. 12" x 24". http://i40.tinypic.com/16itssm.jpg "The Hopeful Optimist" Laser etched Museum Board. 12" x 24" http://i42.tinypic.com/1zb9u0h.jpg "Futures" Krink and Montana on 18" x 18" canvas. http://i43.tinypic.com/4r297k.jpg "Futures" Krink and Montana on 18" x 18" canvas (coloured) http://i43.tinypic.com/2drhtuf.jpg "Robot Love" - submission for the I... You...We... Robot show at Space242 in Boston. [myloveforyou.] |
must: click to view large
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3661/...691bc0e81c.jpg Ambiance by Thias (°-°) more of the location found here, provided by PhotoGraff Collectif |
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Newcastle-based graffiti artist mobstr has a brief tête-à-tête with the Newcastle City Council via public wall space. [woostercollective.] |
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2714/...ed72cf196c.jpg Rosson Crow, "Bowery Boys" by LoisInWonderland --3.27 @ 18 Wooster St. (NYC Subway) |
One of my favorites, found here in Germany, Rhein Ruhr Area
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The "Infinity Triangle", by Alexis Facca and Justine Ricaud [ignant.] |
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this might actually be more of an example of "street art" in my mind, because I'd think that this could in no way have formed overnight, and might actually have been commissioned, (as opposed to done illegally without permission) or just simply "allowed to be" created as a wall mural. Anyway:
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz...q332o1_500.jpg Blue in Belgrade; “Mouth and Broccoli” (circa) 2009 |
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/6...1ny1qztoht.jpg
not as much a 'real graffiti' shot, as it is an image example of 'a girl gracing graffiti' photo, but still thought it nice (maybe because of the combo?). |
excerpts from the "Threshold" series
Julian Hibbard is a thirty seven year old English photographer.
Julian’s photographic journey began in 1992 at Kingston University in London where he studied Intermedia Fine Art Photography. Upon graduating in 1995, he assisted the German advertising photographer Andreas Heumann. Hibbard's work revolves mainly around storytelling, memory, movies and what we can tell through the lens of a camera. What one finds in his approach with his photographs rely on parallel and telling various stories. His photography has been exhibited in London, Scotland, Santiago de Chile and Los Angeles. In May 2008, he exhibited at the prestigious Fundación RAC Gallery in Pontevedra, Northern Spain. Most recently, in December 2009, Julian particapted in a charity group show with View Imaging at 401 Projects in NYC. He has worked for several magazine such as: Fascineshion.com, Surface Magazine, Elle, Label, Dpict, Victor by Hasselblad, Wallpaper, Flavorwire, Spin, etc... And among his notable awards and honorary mentions include the 2008 International Photography Awards, the 2006 Black & White Spider Awards and selection for the 4th Annual Surface Magazine Avant Guarde Competition, to name just a few. http://i41.tinypic.com/wa3u5e.jpg http://i44.tinypic.com/2j2gplf.jpg [behance.] |
(click the image itself to enlarge the portrayal)
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1...6f9yo1_500.jpg Welcome to the Working Week |
a small sampling of Grafittic stencils and murals found and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1...t34ao1_500.jpg 'Gato' - Mitre y Uruguay - Buenos Aires - RUNDONTWALK http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0...t34ao1_500.jpg "I’m not a Tourist, I live Here" - Palermo - Buenos Aires - Argentina http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1...t34ao1_500.jpg Translated: "Don’t think, Repeat what I say." -- courtesy of mixed-life |
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Favela Jd. Edite by Mandy Mussi - taken in a favela in (Brooklin) São Paulo, Brasil {see her gallery for more} |
more illustrated works produced by the infamous and mysterious 'Banksy', now seen in North America,
due to the touring release of the new film "Exit Through the Gift Shop". http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1...fu4to1_500.jpg "rat poison" Seen on the streets of San Francisco, April 2010, in South Of Market {near/above the "H&R Home Furnishings" retailer} http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1...fu4to1_500.jpg "this'll look nice when it's framed", seen on Valencia St, San Francisco, April 2010 {more specifially, it is directly above Cunningham Pl} http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1...fu4to1_500.jpg "No Trespassing", seen on Syracuse St, San Francisco, April 2010 |
The streets have been pretty quiet in the past year, but thankfully things are picking up. . .
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1...1ng2o1_500.jpg [unurth.] |
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/...b97fc7534a.jpg JIM MORRISON'S GRAVE (1986), Pere Lachaise Cemetary, Paris, France (I) |
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Photography by Marietta Losada so, maybe the graffiti here isn't the focal point, but I doubt anybody would complain. |
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Give Her a Call by Alex in NYC [FlamingPablum.] |
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Time to get back to basics: school's in.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx...9qooo1_500.jpg "HIP HOP FILES: Photographs, 1979 1984" by Martha Cooper |
and backtracking a little bit, BANKSY continues his rolling film tour in the states, and to promote this innovational creative piece of filmography, he is tagging all the different locales in which the screenings are being held.
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2...pwi0o1_500.jpg Additional Banksy pieces spotted in the wild (clockwise from left): Seattle, Detroit, San Francisco, Toronto. [arrestedmotion.] |
Correction: about those Toronto pieces? Yeah, they're getting shafted.
"Famed British street artist Banksy has never done any work on Toronto streets before—at least not, it looks like, until now.They are not just being stolen... in an ironic twist, they're actually being defaced and tagged themselves. http://i43.tinypic.com/i6eg68.jpg Photo by @Rob Tyrie. Read more about the stories at the source... [Torontoist.] |
"Banksy Strikes Again"
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2...pwi0o1_500.jpg New Banksy pieces spotted in and around Boston (above: Chinatown; below: Central Square, Cambridge). (as I've continually done, this is a progressing endeavor to update and detail where the newest "graffitic / street art" pieces done by BANKSY are appearing in North America, as a direct correlation to his new film, "Exit Through the Gift Shop".) [Bostonist] |
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More wall mural illustration /graphics, as seen in Santiago, Chile. |
another installation in the nationwide tour:
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2...rbmho1_500.jpg (you can probably guess who this is by) seen in downtown Manhattan and if you ever wondered for what reason this gigantic thing was there for... http://i50.tinypic.com/23kyywk.jpg it was probably just to liven up the neighborhood (created / installed in Soho, NYC the first go-around, near two years ago) |
sadly the banksy rat was painted over recently.. shame because it was some character.
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Thanks for telling us about that, Cynth. I haven't actually seen the piece in person (haven't been to NYC in the past 4 years) but I thought I still could have had a chance. I might have to do some research and see if the "other" giant Banksy rat is still up, though I think that one is in London.
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Thanks for those last few posts especially, Jetee. Awesome film.
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It's unreal in the way he almost created a new genre of filmmaking and marketmanship, just because he was being stalked by some French guy with a mission to interview him. And apologies to those who may feel I'm making too much fuss, and giving too much exposure to any one Graffitic artist, but for 1) He's arguably the most renowned street artist, let alone actual "artist", worldwide right now (probably due to the fact his pieces can actually be seen in streets worldwide) coming up to 2) in that he is also one of the most "mysterious" personalities we have seen since Dali (or even Daft Punk) and finally 3) these graffiti/street art installations are actually beginning to spawn in nearly every Metropolitan area's backyards, so if you do get a chance, why not see what the fuss his message is actually about, I say. - - - http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2...fu4to1_500.jpg The current status of one of the New Orleans pieces. |
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