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Views on graffiti ... Ima graffiti writer and I know some tags look scruffy and they shouldn't be done on nice / houses / schools but what do you think of the big pieces with different colours and aesthetically pleasing? |
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There's a local piece of graffiti (it's a very large, colorful hippy mural really) on the end of a range of houses that are Grade 3 listed. The council wants it removed, cue protests.
One of the best protests I heard was the guy who pointed out that if the council is so preoccupied with removing grafitti, perhaps they could do something about the "Sharon takes 3 black cocks" that's been on his kids' walk to school every day for 5 years...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-36515160 |
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My personal view is that it looks crap.
Don't get me wrong, I admire the talent of some of the artists but whenever you see an 'urban art' project I think it looks like a scruffy mess.
Always makes a place look run down imho even the 'legitimate' projects encouraged by the council.
But live and let live, it might not be to my taste but I'm sure it is to many others  |
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"Views on graffiti ... Ima graffiti writer and I know some tags look scruffy and they shouldn't be done on nice / houses / schools but what do you think of the big pieces with different colours and aesthetically pleasing?"
I like it.
Only when consent by the property owner has been given.
Otherwise, it is vandalism and the perpetrator should be pursued and given a criminal sentence.
There is a communications box over the road that gets tagged once a year or so. Luckily, the council is quick to respond when I report it and to repaint it. You find if you leave it, it isn't long before other fuckers think it is alright to add their "paintwork" to other structures.
I am sure that you are more responsible but some buggers have no respect. |
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"My personal view is that it looks crap.
Don't get me wrong, I admire the talent of some of the artists but whenever you see an 'urban art' project I think it looks like a scruffy mess.
Always makes a place look run down imho even the 'legitimate' projects encouraged by the council.
But live and let live, it might not be to my taste but I'm sure it is to many others "
Barbarian. Philistine. |
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"My personal view is that it looks crap.
Don't get me wrong, I admire the talent of some of the artists but whenever you see an 'urban art' project I think it looks like a scruffy mess.
Always makes a place look run down imho even the 'legitimate' projects encouraged by the council.
But live and let live, it might not be to my taste but I'm sure it is to many others
Barbarian. Philistine. "
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"Bansky is a fraud anyway
How so?"
There are those who say he got his ideas from Blek Le Rat, then there was the notorious (an kinda ongoing) feud with the deceased Team Robbo... but I don;t suppose you follow the in and outs of graffiti hierarchy too closely  |
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"My personal view is that it looks crap.
Don't get me wrong, I admire the talent of some of the artists but whenever you see an 'urban art' project I think it looks like a scruffy mess.
Always makes a place look run down imho even the 'legitimate' projects encouraged by the council.
But live and let live, it might not be to my taste but I'm sure it is to many others
Barbarian. Philistine.
you know I talk sense"
Check out Felice Varini - Google image search - I defy you not to be impressed. |
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"I've practiced in old buildings not in use wasting away and no I work at a youth centre keeping kids out of gangs and doing art "
Hmmm. Old buildings? Historic buildings? Buildings not owned by anyone? Buildings with owners who have given you consent to paint them? Or do you not bother asking yourself that question? |
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"Buildings that are covered in graffiti and have been for years and nothing done about them buildings that councils are planning to knock down "
Then you are doing it without permission and are a vandal. You have no more right to do it than your predecessors and should be ashamed. |
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Suppose littering , dog muck is vandalizing and it's making me enough money when being paid to do murals I wouldn't be able to afford the luxurious things in life  |
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"Suppose littering , dog muck is vandalizing and it's making me enough money when being paid to do murals I wouldn't be able to afford the luxurious things in life "
Yes, littering and leaving dog muck is reprehensible. As is vandalising any structure without permission.
Do the rules not apply to you? Are you different?
Graffiti artists do not live above the law. |
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"Where exactly did I say I don't get permission? Stereotyping already the buildings maybe wasting away but where do I say I don't ask "
You didn't but I did ask. The implication was that you don't ask for permission.
If you do gain permission, I am quite happy to admit to being a geriatric fascist.
Your response was about dog fouling and littering. |
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Great graffiti in Berlin and Melbourne.
Seen some good stuff in Mexico City & Sao Paulo. London, of course, and Bristol has some good flourishes.
Some beautiful stuff in Athens but I was there in 2007, I daresay the city's not quite so pretty these days. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My personal view is that it looks crap.
Don't get me wrong, I admire the talent of some of the artists but whenever you see an 'urban art' project I think it looks like a scruffy mess.
Always makes a place look run down imho even the 'legitimate' projects encouraged by the council.
But live and let live, it might not be to my taste but I'm sure it is to many others
Barbarian. Philistine.
you know I talk sense
Check out Felice Varini - Google image search - I defy you not to be impressed."
Oh I'm quite sure I would be. It's quite an art to do it well. Sadly most graffiti artists are probably not as talented or skilled and if I look around the graffiti-laden areas of Reading, for example, they look shite! |
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Taggers, for instance, pond scum in the graffiti world, some shitty little moniker...
But that guy TOX - how prolific was he? Saw his stuff EVERYWHERE and in crazy places... until they finally busted him.
That's the problem with taggers - they always sign their work  |
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There's an underpass and adjacent stairs near me all done in graffiti, and all done with the authority of the council and in conjunction with local schools and graffiti artists. Personally I think it looks great and brightens up an otherwise dull underpass. |
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I'd prefer that people respected property that isn't their own and painted with permission.
I've seen some outstanding graffiti but I also prefer that we all do everything in our power to not contribute to the depredation of our society. A lot of graffiti Imo does that and increases taxes or starves other local services.
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"I'd prefer that people respected property that isn't their own and painted with permission.
I've seen some outstanding graffiti but I also prefer that we all do everything in our power to not contribute to the depredation of our society. A lot of graffiti Imo does that and increases taxes or starves other local services.
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Yes... but it enables some wonderful things...
Google PicturesOfWalls
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"Taggers, for instance, pond scum in the graffiti world, some shitty little moniker...
But that guy TOX - how prolific was he? Saw his stuff EVERYWHERE and in crazy places... until they finally busted him.
That's the problem with taggers - they always sign their work "
Taggers, are pond scum in the graffit world????
Your so far from the truth there... |
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"Views on graffiti ... Ima graffiti writer and I know some tags look scruffy and they shouldn't be done on nice / houses / schools but what do you think of the big pieces with different colours and aesthetically pleasing?"
I like them they can bring a bit of sunshine to a blank building |
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I prefer street art to graffiti
Berlin is a great place for it
If you want to see a true piece of street art that stands out and jars against its environment, go and see The Happy Rizzi house in Braunschsweig |
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Crims! The whole bloody lot!! 