"What harm cause not those huge draughts or pictures which wanton youth with chalk or coals draw in each passage, wall or stairs of our great houses, whence a cruel contempt of our natural store is bred in them?" -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Well, since the first post was on fashion, I figured I would switch it up and focus on some crazy urban artwork. I love every form of art, and I have to say, graffiti is one of my favorites :D I...love...graffiti, and I have high admiration for the ones who are so talented and bold enough not to get caught doing so (graffiti is a form of vandalism in many places, especially in the city. Which is where graffiti is huuuge.). Art should never be deemed a crime because it is not only freedom of speech, but freedom of expression. Many artists speak and show emotion through their work. I do graffiti on paper and sometimes draw it on my clothes, but i'm going to save up some money to get spraypaint and eventually start tagging buildings, haha! :D
I am also into photography, so while I was surfing the Web, I found cool pictures of graffiti painted on buildings and even trains in Berlin and other places in Germany. It's amazing what you can do with a small can of colored air, haha!
The ones displayed were completed in Berlin and Munich, which I thought looked really cool.
There is also a German graffiti artist that I absolutely adore because his work is just phenomenal. It almost looks like the shapes are coming out at you because they look so three-dimensional due to the shading and color. The artist goes by the name of DAIM, and if would like to check out his website, click on the following URL: http://www.daimgallery.com/
His work is simply stunnin' and he's been doing this since like, 1989. He's sooo talented. He not only does plain graffiti, but he also does spraypaint on canvas of insects and other things, which can be seen on his website.
He makes me want to be a better person, haha! I sure will learn alot from observing his work once I start spraypainting. I can't wait! :D Instead of doing graffiti on paper, shoes, and such, I actually want to do it on a building :P Let's just hope I don't get fined.
-Monique
I loove graffiti too. Living in San Francisco, CA, there was wall art all over the place. If there was space enough to get between 2 buildings, you'd find a mural there. Murals to me are just as beautiful as some graffiti. I think some graffiti should have a sanctioned place like murals do. In Palo Alto, CA, an artist painted wall art on the sly in the middle of the night. The town loved his work so much, but they could never catch him, or maybe they didn'nt want to. His work became highly valued. I wish I could remeber his name. I've been to shows in Philadelphia about wall art. There's a famous muralist who paints with 'colored air'(lol), he started out as a graffiti artist. As soon I can get home from this snow storm I'll try to find the book about him.
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool! :) Let me know what you find, okay? :P
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