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Graffiti - Art or Eyesore?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 11:48 pm
by stealth1
Graffiti or urban art as some call it, is spreading like an epidemic across Bangkok. A couple of months ago on a walk from my home to The Mall Bangkapi, I noticed a subtle change in the scenery. There were tags on several of the buildings, fences, and walls. This peaked my interest and I began photographing the area. From this point on, everywhere I go I see some sort of tagging or art. Sometimes the art is beautiful, sometimes it's a simply phrase. But it's becoming more and more prevalent in Bangkok.

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Re: Graffiti - Art or Eyesore?

PostPosted: Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:25 pm
by nowonmai
Eyesore. Tharg Future Shock cities will randomly deploy snipers to terminate shitbags with spray cans (and any number of other irritating social misdeeds).

Re: Graffiti - Art or Eyesore?

PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:13 am
by stealth1
What really irritates me is the shitbag taggers. Even the flowery, artistic names are getting on my nerves. Bangkok is becoming a haven for graffiti "artists" from all over the world. I don't mind art on the wall next to a canal or on an abandoned building but sprayed randomly as with the bottom photo, it's a friggin eyesore.

à la recherche du temps perdu et des vitrines cassées

PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:43 pm
by el3so
First pic, drawings on that dusty window to the left. *sigh* Reminds me of childhood.
Back then rocks were cheaper and way more de rigueur than spray-cans and grafitti was just Italian for swear words and dick drawings.

Re: Graffiti - Art or Eyesore?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:07 am
by stealth1
This sort of tagging garbage is absolutely worthless and about as far from art as a person can get.

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Re: Graffiti - Art or Eyesore?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:28 am
by ktrout
Sometimes it is art, but it always an eyesore.

Re: Graffiti - Art or Eyesore?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:55 am
by Royal
nowonmai wrote:Eyesore. Tharg Future Shock cities will randomly deploy snipers to terminate shitbags with spray cans (and any number of other irritating social misdeeds).


Spray paint on my property & I'll deck the cunt.
Loosers love graffiti.

Re: Graffiti - Art or Eyesore?

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 7:06 pm
by gnaruki
I dont mind it on freight trains. Better than only looking at corporate logos while waiting at a crossing