Graffiti & Street Art

[tubish]

Pictures taken last year... I think. We got new building on a space in the centrum of Delft (The Netherlands). This was made by young artist
Taken by me, with a nokia 6600...

[Diamond Star]

I was impressed by some graffiti I saw in Chalk Farm, Camden (on the same wall as the Banksy 'Maid' posted in this thread) {photos by me}

[jealous hearts]

Bansky is definitely my favourite grafitti artist.
In my art class a couple of weeks ago we make stencils about diffrent political & social statements. I created a stencil of headphones and a syringe. My message? "Music is a drug".

edit I attempted to attach the image but the file was too large. Sorry guys...

[bluebutter]

I've never really been all that interested in graffiti/street art, but lately I have seen a rise in some very interesting ones where I am. Thanks for posting the images though!
Also, I'm starting to like Bansky, especially his use of stencils. I've been seeing quite a few of those (stencils) nowadays.

[Alexandra8715]

what do you all think about the idea that graffiti artists' work (esp. banksy) should be conserved somehow? Personally I think it should be left to the elements, graffiti art is meant to be temporary and part of the changing urban environment. The idea of conserving seems too profit-orientated and a massive contradiction to what graffiti actually is.

[Katie123]

by Os Gemeos, photos from google images
sources: flickr, woostercollective, citykingz.be, typophile
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[Katie123]

fleshbeck crew. photos google image
sources: cutucacultura.wordpress, oglobo.globo.com

[elit]

berlin, warschauer str. 06-2008

tagged with "bronco", he does loads of great street art in berlin...
source, my flickr

[xxilovepinkxx]

I am in love with this thread. I think that these pics should be okay. Let me know if they aren't!








Here we see the same Make Poverty History drawing from the side : it was 13m (40 feet) long:













This is one of my favourites. I think it is lovely!













Credit-http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/index.html

[ivypixie]

I love streetart/graffiti, though I must admit I haven't got really into it before recently, having a boyfriend who has been doing streetart for years. A night a couple of weeks ago he took me with him when he was going to paint a stencil.

And me and a friend walked the city through a couple of weeks ago and took a serie of pictures of streetart in our city, but she has the camera and haven't gotten them into the computer yet.

Originally Posted by Alexandra8715

what do you all think about the idea that graffiti artists' work (esp. banksy) should be conserved somehow? Personally I think it should be left to the elements, graffiti art is meant to be temporary and part of the changing urban environment. The idea of conserving seems too profit-orientated and a massive contradiction to what graffiti actually is.

I agree with you. I think it should be left to the elements and eventually being painted over. I mean that one of the things with graffiti is the fact that it's temporary and that it's unlegal so you never know for how long it'll stay. Graffiti is kind of a f**k you, so yeah, it's a contradiction to conserve it.

[Katie123]

I do agree about the whole graffiti art is meant to be temporary but some of them are so beautiful it just seems like a pity to paint over it! i remember there used to be a tony blair graffiti by banksy in hackney and i used to see it everyday on the bus coming back from uni and then one day it was gone, i didnt even get to say goodbye to it haha