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Grey is the real Crime

2012-05-02T23:42:50Z

I found this collection of graffiti just off Vulture Street in West End recently.

The old man and the bird in a sack image reminded me a lot of a puzzle game I played a few years ago, Machinarium.

These sort of quirky images are what I find really interesting. They take a rather bland, and in this case boring grey wall and give it character and life.

As someone said using Scrabble tiles, “Grey is the real art crime”.

A change of graffiti

2012-04-24T13:07:05Z

Last year I posted about how I felt that Graffiti can add character to a building and even become a way of recognising the business within even if it’s not directly related to it.

So I was a little surprised when wandering recently to find that the previous graffiti had been replaced.

I love the colour and vibrancy of the first piece combined with the simplicity of the sleeping boy.

The second piece is seen properly when you walk into the little courtyard/garden beside the building. Again, it’s more art than graffiti and has a wonderful quality to it that reminds me of some of my favorite Anime like “Spirited Away” and “9”.

Can Graffiti add character in a good way?

2012-03-29T23:22:46Z

In a previous post I talked about the "art" of Graffiti so when I came across this piece in my recent wanderings, I had to share it.

The piece is on the side of a small shop and by the looks of it, it's been there for a while. I love the feel of the piece and how it seems to fit within the character of the building and the business within. In fact, this was confirmed when I showed one of the others in our office and they immediately identified the name of the business.

So can good graffiti contribute in a positive way to the character of a space? I believe so and this piece seems to achieve both enhancing it's space along with becoming iconic for the business within.

The “Art” of Graffiti

2012-03-30T08:53:27Z

When I lived in Melbourne and worked in some of the inner suburbs I often saw some amazing graffiti. Some of it I’d classify as Art. Now I differentiate this type of graffiti from the simplistic "tagging" where the person sprays a basic signature multiple times in an area, sometimes over the top of much better work.

I saw this particular piece of ”art” while walking down Montague Road past some of the more rundown industrial buildings. Upon closer inspection it appears to be a sticker as opposed to sprayed on. Despite this, I love the simplicity of it and the way it brightens up a rather drab bit of construction.