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 12/08/2007 09:44:39 PM · #51


Many more grafitti shots here

Message edited by author 2007-12-08 21:44:54.
 12/08/2007 09:58:47 PM · #52
Originally posted by surfinbird:
When you see graffiti, what do you feel? Does it inspire or annoy you?



//www.banksy.co.uk


While artistic, it's still criminal -- so while some is bright and neat... it still demonstrates the deterioration of an area.

I've heard it said that a true sign of how safe an area is is how long graffiti is allowed to stay put.
 12/08/2007 10:26:41 PM · #53
Not all graffiti is criminal. Some of the better looking graffiti is commissioned by businesses to gain some attention. The photos I took are from "Graffiti Alley" in Toronto, and were all done with permission.
 12/08/2007 10:42:37 PM · #54
Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

While artistic, it's still criminal...


A quick Google revealed this tidbit of information relative to the approach some cities have relative to graffiti.Legal Graffiti

Most graffiti is illegal where I live, and unfortunately the city holds the business owners responsible for removing it, within a very short time frame and at their own expense.

Ray

Message edited by author 2007-12-08 22:43:15.
 12/08/2007 10:53:52 PM · #55
This IS an old thread...

I love graffiti, in the right places (not on my house please :P)...

We have a street in Melbourne dedicated to graffiti artists by the council. boysetsfire showed you a little of it earlier in the thread, and here are a couple more.

12/08/2007 10:57:55 PM · #56
Originally posted by jeger:
Not all graffiti is criminal. Some of the better looking graffiti is commissioned by businesses to gain some attention. The photos I took are from "Graffiti Alley" in Toronto, and were all done with permission.


I would argue then (respectfully, SC, respectfully), that this would not then be "graffiti" per se, it would be commissioned art.

So while it would give the illusion of such, true graffiti -- by most everyone's understanding -- would be illegal. What you're talking about it more like a wall mural, even though done with a tagger's flair.
 12/09/2007 12:01:34 AM · #57
12/09/2007 02:51:57 PM · #58
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 12/09/2007 02:59:46 PM · #59
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