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June 26, 2007
I'll be travelling to and from Sydney tomorrow so I will not be able to blog. From memory there is little graffiti in Sydney's subway or trains. I'll catch the train from the airport to the CBD to have a look.
Although tags and throw-ups can be well executed and have great style, it is the piece work that allows a graffitist to really show everyone what he/she is about.
Gary Sauer-Thompson, graffiti figures, Adelaide, 2007
If graffiti is words or drawings scratched or scribbled on a wall, then this is an example of street art. It is hard to see art like this as a crime. If the building has no architectural beauty and is a perfect place to display a mural, why not put one up?
Some say that Ii's tricky to call graffiti `art' because it was born to operate outside the system, and art has a system. But we are not talking about putting graffiti in a gallery we are talking about art in the street. One that makes the city a brighter and more attractive place to be,
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