I mentioned on Monday that Newtown is a suburb in which graffiti is, if not encouraged, then not actively discouraged. There are parts of the suburb where entire walls are covered. It is a very old, quite delapidated inner-city suburb. Some of the graffiti looks good. Other bits are just tags, with very little artistic merit, and no socio-political point. These buildings are along another boundary of the Camperdown Memorial Rest Park. The murals here are quite suitable, IMHO.
how very interesting to have a place for the graffiti artists to go. Some of these are amazing!
ReplyDeleteTag over tag over tag, there's still a few spots on that wall Julie, maybe it'll keep the 'artists' busy there for a while yet! It does get a little noisy sometimes in the back garden, usually if I forget to put the seed out!
ReplyDeleteMaybe they will contain themselves to this spot and not tag/deface other property.
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It was just a matter of time before graffiti became allowed and accepted, like some forms of music, and I can't help wonder if it will become mainstream in my lifetime.
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I like this type of art. However I cannot abide the black scrawls that are everywhere, completely talent free!
ReplyDeleteThey add colour to a drab wall.
ReplyDeleteI like that, even though I cannot decipher the lettering (if you can call it that, but I think there are encrypted words).
ReplyDeleteYes these look good enough ... Ann did a lot of shots of Newtown graffiti, I guess until then I didn't realise how painted it is.
ReplyDeleteVery colorful. Now is that face a billy goat or a chimpanzee with a beard and horns?
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