There's tagging, then there's throwups, then there are stencils. The graffiti that catches my eye is the witty art:

Gary Sauer-Thompson, urban humour, Adelaide, 2007

Clever.

There are grand plans to develop all the empty sites with shops and apartments. But little seems to happen. Some of the sites around the Central Market and King William Street have stood empty for years, holes in the ground that remain that way for decades--since the last boom in the 1980s. Sp why not create some sort of mural?

The empty sites undercut the talk of the real estate industry that things are really booming in Adelaide. Sure there are lots of plans approved by Council ,but many are never implemented. They remain just plans. And the sites remain empty apart from the rubble and the weeds. So it is good to see them enhanced by this kind of graffiti. The social context is what gives the work meaning.

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