I was just going over some old photos in my computer and found these. They are pictures that Matt took in Nicaragua. Of course it is graffiti. I wish I knew more about this culture. Matt is really a great graffiti artist. I've seen his work on paper (and perhaps in town but didn't know it was his). There is so much more than simply defacing public property, to this form of expression. Is it wrong because it is on public property? If so, what about that poster artist guy who went around gluing his political protest posters all over town. He was sort of a hero. People were willing to get arrested to glue up his prints. I can't remember, exactly, what his issue was. I'm sure it was a political figure, but not a president. Maybe a mayor??? I'm thinking that he targeted more than one person and or issue. I'm sure Scott, Jennifer and Mon know just who it is that I'm speaking of. They are soooo smart, those guys! Anyway, I personally think that graffiti is kinda cool. Matt once shared with me that everyone has there own style and name, like a nick name. He said that what he saw in Nicaragua was different from anything he's ever seen. To the
ordinary person it looks all the same so what I want to know is, what are the differences. What makes one better than the other. What constitutes a great work. I love this swirly one. The movement and color use is brilliant, I think. And then there is the restaurant in SB, on Milpas, that has a huge brick wall that seems to attract graffiti like lead to a magnet. The owner of the restaurant was tired of painting over the graffiti so he hired someone to paint a beautiful mural that depicted alot of what SB is about. It was graffitiesque. So of course, the cops (dirty rotten coppers) made him paint over it. What???? This world. Honestly.
I was just going over some old photos in my computer and found these. They are pictures that Matt took in Nicaragua. Of course it is graffiti. I wish I knew more about this culture. Matt is really a great graffiti artist. I've seen his work on paper (and perhaps in town but didn't know it was his). There is so much more than simply defacing public property, to this form of expression. Is it wrong because it is on public property? If so, what about that poster artist guy who went around gluing his political protest posters all over town. He was sort of a hero. People were willing to get arrested to glue up his prints. I can't remember, exactly, what his issue was. I'm sure it was a political figure, but not a president. Maybe a mayor??? I'm thinking that he targeted more than one person and or issue. I'm sure Scott, Jennifer and Mon know just who it is that I'm speaking of. They are soooo smart, those guys! Anyway, I personally think that graffiti is kinda cool. Matt once shared with me that everyone has there own style and name, like a nick name. He said that what he saw in Nicaragua was different from anything he's ever seen. To the ordinary person it looks all the same so what I want to know is, what are the differences. What makes one better than the other. What constitutes a great work. I love this swirly one. The movement and color use is brilliant, I think. And then there is the restaurant in SB, on Milpas, that has a huge brick wall that seems to attract graffiti like lead to a magnet. The owner of the restaurant was tired of painting over the graffiti so he hired someone to paint a beautiful mural that depicted alot of what SB is about. It was graffitiesque. So of course, the cops (dirty rotten coppers) made him paint over it. What???? This world. Honestly.
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I loved the graffiti in Barcelona too. I took pictures of some from the train going from the airport into the city, they had used some cool metallic paint. I do understand there are other issues to consider with graffiti though, like defacing private property and gang activity...
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