I wasn't orginally planning on writing about this subject but I had the strangest dream last night. I was representing something I didn't understand and my car was broken into. The trunk was left open where the rain had ruined all of my drawings. I learned two things from this... be careful of what you represent and make known to the world but don't completely censor yourself out of fear.. and second, don't leave your art work in a vehicle where water and sun can get to it.
We see grafitti every day but hardly any of us actually sit there and think "that guy has really good technique or color choice".. instead we think "they're are destroying public property".
This website refers to these artistic crimes. http://www.graffiti.org/ You could simply google "graffiti" and you'd be amazed at all the stuff that comes up. Some facilities have even asked or paid individuals to grafitti their buildings. I just think that it is interesting because these are usually just words or signs but these graffitiers? have twisted the style to make it appealing.
This also goes along with the stencils that we are currently doing. If you look around town there is a ton of stencil art especially in the Delano district in back alleys. Here are some "political" stencils. I have been looking up what the bombs that are often represented in these work are.. but I just keep getting "bomb in peace" if any one knows... http://www.stencilrevolution.com/photopost/
-Adrean
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