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March 17, 2007
If public art is to some extent a commentary on present day issue, then commissioned public works, such as monuments, memorials and murals, usually do not produce work that is politically offensive, religiously or morally confronting. It is very difficult to produce art that challenges the public with these ridged constraints.
Some graffiti and stencil art expresses a need for designated spaces in the public domain for free expression.
Banksy
This conveys a concise message to a broad number of people--just like an advertisement on a billboard. We need to introduce tolerance zones for this kind of public art---street art combining graffiti with a distinctive stencilling technique---on the walls of our cities.
Some of Banksy's work in Australia has been documented by baddogwhiskas, who has an extensive gallery of graffiti and public art in Australia.
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