is that it always looks better on someone else’s wall. This jewel is at the end of a street near my home. Or was anyway, graffiti removal obliterated it this afternoon.
That is (was) an incredibly beautiful piece. Even nicer for two reasons: 1) because you can see it was painted over a square of graffiti removal paint; and 2) because the use of red over the black evokes a defaced piece of art (looks like someone tagged the tagger). I have a new fascination for "the subconscious art" of graffiti removal posed by video artist Mike McCormick and have been writing about it lately in my blog: http://nonprofiteye.blogspot.com/2006/07/graffiti-problem-is-very-serious-one.html
p.s. I just moved to Lincoln Heights and am also struggling with the tension between art and vandalism in my neighborhood.
That is (was) an incredibly beautiful piece. Even nicer for two reasons: 1) because you can see it was painted over a square of graffiti removal paint; and 2) because the use of red over the black evokes a defaced piece of art (looks like someone tagged the tagger). I have a new fascination for "the subconscious art" of graffiti removal posed by video artist Mike McCormick and have been writing about it lately in my blog: http://nonprofiteye.blogspot.com/2006/07/graffiti-problem-is-very-serious-one.html
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