graffiti - public art

decides2dream

i LOVE both....adds so much and says so much about a city and it's people. i'll start with some graffiti found during my travels:


prague



prague



prague



prague



prague



prague



prague



pistoia, italy



bologna, italy



pistoia, italy

(UK)_foxymop

Excellent photos (as always )

love the third pic from Prague.. as they say, a picture paints a thousand words.

It looks like a Banksy .. here's a couple of my favourites you might like:

Jeremy1012

banksy is brilliant. he did a brilliant painting on the segregation wall in israel

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V V

i love Banksy too

yes it is public art i do likes it

casper leblanc

decides2dream wrote:

i LOVE both....adds so much and says so much about a city and it's people.

True, but not always: the line between street art and pure vandalism is a very, very thin one.

decides2dream

pearlwax wrote:

True, but not always: the line between street art and pure vandalism is a very, very thin one.

i've already said as much elsewhere...but figured i'd say it here too. thus why i entitled it graffiti AND public art, b/c yes...i AM aware graffiti CAN be public art, and it CAN be vandalism...whereas public art is just that, public art. either way, graffiti, art or vandalism, and all forms of public art.....STILL all say something about a city and it's people. and for that, i appreciate it all.


in regards to banksy....love his work!


here's another from prague :



and hows about some christo in NYC circa february 2005? :



and, a little public sculpture in pistoia, italy :

moeaholic

i remember seeing those pictures of the segregation wall a few months ago. those are neat.

as far as the gates in central park..........too artsy-fartsy for me. i didn't see it in person, but had no urge to.

stateofloventrust12

one word

beautiful

decides2dream

moeaholic wrote:

i remember seeing those pictures of the segregation wall a few months ago. those are neat.

as far as the gates in central park..........too artsy-fartsy for me. i didn't see it in person, but had no urge to.

i did too...very cool.


in regards to the gates, first and foremost..to each his/her own. that said, they most definitely are meant to be *experienced*...true installation art is meant for such, not just to be seen...and certainly not just pictures. i LOVED them....but i DID see/experience them in person...and what a WORLD of difference. but, as i said...we all our entitled to our own opinions...and not all art is going to light a firs of interest for each of us...and that's cool.


anyway, i would REALLY love to see more examples posted by others..in their own towns, cities...favorite examples...etc. share!

PaperPlates

Kushikushun

decides2dream wrote:

and hows about some christo in NYC circa february 2005? :

I love Christo!!! Did lessons on him last year and they kids were very impressed. For me, he explains what art is about simply through his art...

decides2dream

*bump*

Obi Once

:cool:

D2D you know I love graff, so it's very nice to see some of Prague's. Last time I was there I was amazed how much the scene was booming over there, but I was not around long enhough to make something myself, alltho I did in 1997.

This is the fruit of my labour on a sunny saturday afternoon:

(The green piece is mine)

civ_eng_girl

Just a little bump for Public Art!


Toronto has a festival on right now called Luminato. To celebrate, some public art has been installed in buildings throughout downtown. My sister and I went to have a look at a couple of them.

"Le Grand Mobile" was pretty spectacular!
http://www.luminato.com/img/events/arts_floatingartworks.jpg

also... down at the harbourfront, just at the foot of the CN tower, they have set up 20 searchlights, each one controlled by a device that reads peoples' pulse.... so you go up, grab the 'handles', and the searchlight flashes to the beat of your pulse! so, there are 20 peoples' pulses, all criss-crossing above the harbourfront.... it was incredible! and so much fun! my sister kept trying to run around in circles enough to get her heartrate up! (but ended up feeling pretty silly about it....lol)

The event is called PULSEfront, and you can read about it here...
http://www.luminato.com/english/list.php?eid=20182

JOEJOEJOE

I saw the Banksy exhibit in L.A. last summer. It was very cool in the sense that they didn't announce the actual location...you had to do some detective work!

The location was a very non-descript warehouse space in an industrial area of downtown L.A.

justam

Dreamn' I didn't see this thread before. I like your pictures.

decides2dream

been awhile, and been meaning to post in here for AGES! i took a TON of graffitti/public art pics this last eurotour, especially in the netherlands, and i finally uploaded all the graffitti pics to my photobucket. so little by little, i'll start to post em....5 images at a time of course with all the image *limitations*


starting off with some images from amsterdam, here goes!

decides2dream

Corso

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

chiquimonkey

i keep forgetting to check in here, i missed this thread. love it! and i'm a huge fan of banksy, i want his book 'wall and piece' for xmas

Obi Once

Thanks for posting! Really enjoy your photography, and it's combined with my favorite art (made with paint).

decides2dream

yes, PLEASE....all share some pics! here's some more from amsterdam:

decides2dream

but i have loads of pics, ha! i went to the bother of uploading em to photobucket....so yea...i'm posting em!

more from amsterdam . . .

mhterrapin

love this thread! Can anyone recommend a graffiti book? So far I have Stencil Pirates and Wall and Piece- Banksy.

mhterrapin

Here are some I took in Germany...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e350/mhterrapin/DSC01257.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e350/mhterrapin/DSC01260.jpg

Obi Once

decides2dream wrote:

but i have loads of pics, ha! i went to the bother of uploading em to photobucket....so yea...i'm posting em!

Well I don't wanna hijack your thread showing off what I've made.. Those I have on photo bucket..

A picture you toke has something made by my best friend from high school on it. We started drawing in 95 and placed our 1st in 96.. Quite amusing to me you have a shot with his work on it..

4500 posts.. yeez..

Obi Once

mhterrapin wrote:

love this thread! Can anyone recommend a graffiti book? So far I have Stencil Pirates and Wall and Piece- Banksy.

The bible (imho) is called Spraycan Art by James Prigoff and Henry Chalfant. It has work from most of the big names from the early days. It has most of the big, the style improving names in it. I studied it, copied work to learn, copied fill in's, colour schemes, actually most of my style I learned from it, and I have to give credit to my bro and cousins work.

A shitload of good titles: http://www.at149st.com/books.html

mhterrapin

Obi Once wrote:

The bible (imho) is called Spraycan Art by James Prigoff and Henry Chalfant. It has work from most of the big names from the early days. It has most of the big, the style improving names in it. I studied it, copied work to learn, copied fill in's, colour schemes, actually most of my style I learned from it, and I have to give credit to my bro and cousins work.

A shitload of good titles: http://www.at149st.com/books.html

wow thanks so much! I'm checking out that site right now. I'm ordering Spraycan Art for sure.

decides2dream

Obi Once wrote:

Well I don't wanna hijack your thread showing off what I've made.. Those I have on photo bucket..

A picture you toke has something made by my best friend from high school on it. We started drawing in 95 and placed our 1st in 96.. Quite amusing to me you have a shot with his work on it..

4500 posts.. yeez..

this is not *my* thread...so no hijackings...i think all would love to see your work. i know i already have, but it's still good to share! also feel free to share examples of others' work you admire, etc. i would LOVE to see MANY people post pics of graffitti/public art! that's the whole POINT!



on that note, here's some more...and finally from your city, the hague!

electronblue

enjoying this thread so much... i seldom travel so seeing all this graffiti is really cOoL...~

decides2dream

eddie's Tone rocks wrote:

enjoying this thread so much... i seldom travel so seeing all this graffiti is really cOoL...~

well you see any around town, take pics...or in your 'cyber-travels'...any good pics, do share!


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i love this!


for you, obi!