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“Graffiti on a support wall under an overpass that reads:
“‘What kind of paint are you using to paint over this? Because if it is latex, it’s probably way too cold for it. You want good adhesion, you need like at least 40°-45°. Maybe wait till it warms up a little. I mean, what’s the big rush? Like, I’m in a rush now, but our situations are different.’
“You can tell from the photo that previous graffiti was painted over many time with slightly different colors of grey with the latest cover up (that was written over with the above text) showing bubbles and ripples in the paint from using the wrong paint at the wrong temperature.”
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I saw a video where the artist rode her bike around Portland looking at all of the wiped graffiti. She thought the people doing the paint overs were actually expressing themselves as artists because it was usually beautifully done in different colors. She was also making fun of the process. So much amazing art wiped just because it’s not selling products. Banksy being the exception.
Edit: Banksy’s self-destructing art when it was sold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiO_1XRnMt4&t=59s
Some of the graffiti looks good and is actual art, but most of it is just trash tagging.
It’s the opposite in Seattle, most is amazing. We have great murals too. One of our most known mural artists is Henry, but we have a lot more.
The only good thing about being stuck at a railroad crossing as a long-ass cargo train goes by is seeing all the actually good graffiti next to the just absolute garbage of someone’s “street” name.
tagging is how people learn the community. also a quality tag takes time to develop. it’s like how figure painters have to practice sketching. you don’t get great works of art without artists graduating from tagging.
Tagging is how you identify a shitty community. So I guess they can teach you something!
I’d rather have a thousand tags in my neighborhood than a single advertisement.
You just live in a different world than I do I guess.
ooooh cannot possibly disagree with you more here. what it signifies is communities with low police presence, usually impoverished or majority minority.
Holy shit, you found it! I saw that years ago at the seattle art museum and thought I’d never see it again. Thanks for going through the trouble to find it.
That is amazingly readable, no drips. BRAVO!
Someone needs to paint over that second A in “adheasion.”
