Returning to the Blue Sullivan

We managed to walk through the pipes from near Spence shops all the way down to Gininderra Creek when I was younger all a good laugh.

How can Jackson Pollock be vandalism? Shit and vandalism are not the same thing.

I was never a fan of graffiti art until we had the walls of our workshop done and it is amazing. If only I could work out how to put pics up here.

*Jackson Pollock

I would say that some Jason Pollock is disgusting vandalism. But then again, others appreciated it and see artistic merit.

I have to agree with niftydog, it depends entirely on the piece, and where it is.

If it’s on private property and without the owners permission, it’s vandalism no matter how amazing it is.

I quite like good graffiti myself.

Same photographic selection both times (I was there)

I think the old set was an accretion over a much greater period of time though.

There’s several distinct types of graffiti, and to lump them all in together is sacrillicious – so I had to have a bet each way on “art” and “vandalism”.

The pubescent teenager obscenities are just pointless vandalism and unfortunately that and ‘tagging’ is all that most people imagine when they think of graffiti. The impossible-to-read “graffiti-gang” type is sometimes technically brilliant, but rarely floats my boat. Then there’s genuinely inspired artworks and stencils that range from just plain humorous to utterly beautiful and thought provoking.

Some of the artworks in the 2005 post were absolutely brilliant, but I see less of that type of work in the new pictures. I wonder if that’s because there’s less of it around, if it’s just in other places, or perhaps holds less interest to the photographer.

On a somewhat related note – anybody else notice the blank canvass of fences our clever government provided for the ‘pointless vandalism’ type along Baldwin Dr in Kaleen? The contractors came along and cut down hundreds of tress and shrubs, exposing a pristine row of fences to the passing traffic. In less than a month, almost every single panel on every single fence has been tagged by muppets. If I lived there I’d be fuming!

re the poll – until we have a dragway, let them decorate the drain walls, by all means…

Legal walls haven’t changed that much since the last time, plus illegal is always more interesting…

I will neither confirm nor deny this statement 🙂

Good way to find out about who loves who and wants to bash who though