I had to drive through Portland, OR today and was amazed that every square inch of the freeway walls, polls, bridges, and signs were covered in graffiti. Some of it was mouth opening amazing. How do you spray paint letters that are 30 feet tall across a building or sound barrier wall? Some of these graffiti are works of art and the person must of spent 8 hours doing it. How are they not caught? I been to Europe plenty of times and every city has graffiti. I don’t remember seeing it in Japan and Thailand.
Is graffiti a western cultural thing?
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I definitely consider it "art" and some of the people doing it have incredible skills. Some building owners hire graffiti artists to paint walls. I've seen graffiti in France and Belgium as well.
This storage unit facility is in an area we used to live and always has cool work: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.747...Y_uKJQVWl-agiwEA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu. You can do Street View down the bike path to see the work.
This storage unit facility is in an area we used to live and always has cool work: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.747...Y_uKJQVWl-agiwEA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu. You can do Street View down the bike path to see the work.
Low IQ territory marking.
I agree but some of it is amazing. Too bad they won't get a job painting things people want them to.
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Its progressed to murals here. People hire it done. I think these are well done and I like them.
Compared to current ideas of protest, painting a colorful name on an bland wall seems pretty mundane.
They're called taggers. They learn to spray paint upside down. In many cases from what I've heard from the local sherriff's office they essentially hang someone over a bridge hold on for dear life and tag. Then off to the next spot.
As much as I dislike it, I find it's a sign of the times.
Not much different than the endless tattoos I see plastered on everyone (male and female).
Not much different than the endless tattoos I see plastered on everyone (male and female).
I would call that art, not graffiti.
This is what I think of, when you say graffiti.
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The ones I posted were in fact commissioned murals. However your post above isnt' even graffiti - its vandalism with a black spray can.
This is the lowest level I would consider actual graffiti
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Agree. “Tagging” too. One time I told some lmk kids in the NYC subway to gouge out their eyes with the sharp tool they were using to tag one of the signs.
Anything can be considered “art”. Pooping in a jar has been called art. It doesn’t make it so. I find it horrible. I see it in the US and Europe.
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A purpose done mural is far different than nuissance graffiti.
What is even more amazing is how badly that city has deteriorated. Hopefully you just passed through and avoided the zombies?
I think graffiti is just another form of pollution.
Graffiti is pretty common in Japan. But it gets taken care of quickly, while in the US it might stick around a while.
GRAFFITI CULTURE IN TOKYO: THE STREETS ARE YOURS — sabukaru
Graffiti in Tokyo exists, you just have to know where to find it. This article provides a general overview of both sides, the main writers from illegal graffiti and their respective crews, as well as those considered to be the most prominent Japanese urban artists /muralists in the last decade.
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Early graffiti
Roman and Pompeian graffiti, especially in the bath houses, was frequently rather explicit. So no examples for you.
Roman and Pompeian graffiti, especially in the bath houses, was frequently rather explicit. So no examples for you.
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have seen schools covered with it in the Med region - did not care for that - at home it's most common on freight train cars ...
they get a travelling art show on those - LoL ...
they get a travelling art show on those - LoL ...
Murals are OK if it relates to the neighborhood (train station, ocean, beach, etc…).
Looks like a gang member tagged this fence.
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