Grafitti around Ossy - Page 3

jaysay · 04-01-2009, 11:25

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Originally Posted by Peri-Peri Chicken

Anyone seen the DJ Lesbian grafitti signs up and down Ossy?

Absolutley hillarious! - Grafitti is an artform.

Performed by witless idiots, at a cost of thousands to Te council tax payer

Mick · 04-01-2009, 11:30

I agree some of the graffiti can be very artistic if done properly
But most of it is just vandalism

bondi38 · 04-01-2009, 14:53

Just been down union road and the box at the bottom of new lane has been designed with pink grafiti .
Also the new shutters on Choens chemist have got a racist sign written on them why that i dont know.
Also Union Road pavement is full of take away cartons just thrown all over the pavement . where do these people come from there are bins on all the lamp post for such rubish time someone did something about this .

MargaretR · 04-01-2009, 15:10

Banksy has a lot to answer for. Whilst I appreciate his artistry, he has inadvertently given our young people the message that it is OK to do it.

cashman · 04-01-2009, 16:50

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

Banksy has a lot to answer for. Whilst I appreciate his artistry, he has inadvertently given our young people the message that it is OK to do it.

Banksy is a crap artist, according to one or two "Real Artists" i have spoken to, probably why he paints walls or buildings, cos no one would buy his junk.

n to those who think its artistic, ya wouldn't if your street/area was full of graffiti. get real.

garinda · 04-01-2009, 17:00

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Originally Posted by bondi38

Just been down union road and the box at the bottom of new lane has been designed with pink grafiti .
Also the new shutters on Choens chemist have got a racist sign written on them why that i dont know.
Also Union Road pavement is full of take away cartons just thrown all over the pavement . where do these people come from there are bins on all the lamp post for such rubish time someone did something about this .

The chemist also had graffiti on about the supposedly murdered man, and the fact that it was his mother he raped.

flashy · 04-01-2009, 17:15

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Originally Posted by mick

I agree some of the graffiti can be very artistic if done properly
But most of it is just vandalism

well said, some of the people are only expressing how they feel, i think they should be able to do that somewhere they wont get 'done' for it

garinda · 04-01-2009, 17:19

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Originally Posted by flashy

well said, some of the people are only expressing how they feel, i think they should be able to do that somewhere they wont get 'done' for it

How about on their own property?

They never seem to want to tag their own front door.

Odd that.

MargaretR · 04-01-2009, 17:20

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Originally Posted by cashman

Banksy is a crap artist, according to one or two "Real Artists" i have spoken to, probably why he paints walls or buildings, cos no one would buy his junk.

n to those who think its artistic, ya wouldn't if your street/area was full of graffiti. get real.

Some of his work is amusing, in the style of social comment as cartoonists do
Banksy - Outdoors
The examples in that link show that.
I agree that graffiti is undesirable and the fact that many people like his provides an excuse for vandals.

I wasn't claiming that it is 'fine art' - but what constitutes that is a matter of personal preference. I don't find dead sheep artistic - some do

flashy · 04-01-2009, 17:21

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Originally Posted by garinda

How about on their own property?

They never seem to want to tag their own front door.

Odd that.

i know i know, you know i aint making excuses for them

Neil · 04-01-2009, 19:13

tag's are not art just vandalism.

panther · 04-01-2009, 20:07

Iv noticed this same pink grafitti is around town in accy too!!

cashman · 04-01-2009, 20:13

well yer signature is pink panther.

king_grubb · 04-01-2009, 21:45

ok ok ok. What consitutes as real art? does it end at oil paintings??? boooooorrring.
There was graffiti before banksy and there will be graffiti after banksy. To blame him is rediculous. And in fairness, most of the kids probably dont even know who he is.
To answer the question - where do these people come from? most probably the same place as you.
Granted, the pink tags are unattractive. But i believe most of you wouldnt know what a good peice of graffiti was if i scraped your face across it.
I think most of you are probly old timers that are completly out of touch with the youth. And i suspect most of you associate hip hop culture with crime.
It kind of defeats the object to do it on your own property.
A legal wall would be a great idea, but i doubt it would solve the "problem".

Whats the difference between a tag and the classic "jack heart's stacy" carved into a tree etc?

Anyway. Don't get me wrong, i think those pink tags are an eyesore too but i suspect your collective dismay runs deeper than just the appearance of it.

MargaretR · 04-01-2009, 21:50

We end up paying more council tax because it costs to remove it.