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By: Diana

Diana — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:23:24 +0000

I love these, the first especially. We barely have any graffiti here. I try to contribute, of course. The weeping Mary is interesting.

I do think tagging is art. It’s extremely primitive, but in a way, I think the people who tag are saying something about their culture/life/outlook as well, whether they realize it consciously or not. It’s expression. I want to think that if we found tagging from ten bazillion years ago, we would treasure it. Each tagging has its own story behind it.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:15:51 +0000

I particularly like the first, third, and seventh pictures; they look more like a collage or something out of a print or design portfolio than what you’d typically see on a wall.

Maybe it’s because I don’t come across much graffiti where I live, but I still find tagging more fascinating than annoying. I’m sure I’d feel differently if I had to see it everyday, though.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:51:24 +0000

I’m sooo jealous of their talent. I hate the tagging-to-be-tagging thing, too. It’s ugly. Nothing pleasing about it, and it’s just plain stupid….’Oh joy. My name. I’ve put it on a wall, and someone’s going to come along and plaster their name over it. Hot diggity-dog!” …but the other pictures are very cool, and some would make awesome t-shirts :D

By: Clem

Clem — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:06:50 +0000

We have places a lot like that here in Toronto. I actually did a photoshoot in a very similar place two years in a row.

I definitely think that graffiti can be art. It’s ridiculous to say that it isn’t. Obviously not all of it is (tagging, for example, isn’t), but quite a lot of it is! It may not be legal, but it’s still art. If somebody painted that fox on canvas, for example, it would be considered proper art.

I really love that one green wall. The colours are fantastic.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:47:55 +0000

Fascinating graffiti. I’m with you though — the tagging is horribly insipid and ugly. Though I once read somewhere (or heard?) that they commission people to graffiti places that are highly likely to be defiled by tagging, as a deterrent? But then people who tag aren’t going to care if they defile a piece of “art” or a pristine wall! I particularly like the swirls in the photograph underneath the fox. Rather stylish.