spotted this weekend – posted for no reason other than i thought it was cool

Clever, but it looks like it should be in Disneyland.

Bet the neighbours are happy with it.

Is that Kelburn House near Largs?

If it is it was done by a couple of Brazilians I think. The house and grounds are a pretty nice place for a day out.

I like the chimney 🙂

some good stuff in Brighton;

Haven’t these guys ever heard that less is more?

Hideous.

Jesus.

Genius.

Hideous.

No you are.

Great stuff. Some more in the ‘murals’ than graffiti category mind, but I love seeing proper creative stuff like this. Far better to look at than bloody adverts everywhere.

Although I did like the DKNY mural; I understand it’s now gone, which is sad, cos it was a nice bit of work.

Fortunateson09 – class

Nice bit of architecture ruined.

I like the snail vandalism 😀

Elfinsafety – Member

Hideous.

No you are.

I see the “New Elfin” didn’t last long, then.

Back to the usual slagoff.

Oh sorry Wopster din’t mean to upset you. 🙁

New Elfin; New Danger.

There’s some decent stuff in Cambridge on Newmarket Road that’s been sponsored by the council.

To be honest, whilst a lot of grafitti is tat and just vandalism, there is some decent stuff around. I’m not condoning it, but seeing more of the nice sort and less of the rubbish sort would be nice…

Stuff like this for example:

Good way to re-use a derelict former naval station’s wall. Actually, loads more here. Same place: http://www.derelicte.co.uk/hms-royal-arthur

Love the cocks picture, much better than the “art” it replaced.

wwaswas – Member

I like the chimney

some good stuff in Brighton;

wwaswas, where in Brighton is that first image, looks amazing?

Is it still about?

ski, yes I think so, quite a lot on that street.

http://g.co/maps/yfg58

There’s some amazing graffiti in Bristol. Recently the city council allowed a load of grafffiti artists loose on a street.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/8711647/The-See-No-Evil-graffiti-project-in-Bristol-Britains-largest-street-art-project.html?image=1

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Mqeqg4guc[/video]

There’s some really good bits in Brighton at the moment, most of it is in and around the lanes.

brighton grafitti

Brighton grafitti 2

on the way to my local:

I love seeing proper creative stuff

Proper?

Yeah, proper, as opposed to non-proper stuffs like this:

That’s just shite. Like that Tox knobend who just tagged everywhere.

How do you go about defining what is proper/improper? What are your criteria?

I know the guys who did that bit Del..

How do you go about defining what is proper/improper? What are your criteria?

something that’s a genuine attempt to be creative, express ideas, makes look nice, rather than just scrawling yer name like a dog pissing to mark it’s territory.

Of course, not all ‘art’ is to everyone’s tastes, but it’s nice to see some decent artistic talent about, bit of creative freedom being exercised.

How do you go about defining what is proper/improper? What are your criteria?

something that’s a genuine attempt to be creative, express ideas, makes look nice

…or something that just makes you laugh

yunki,
really?it was appreciated by more than a few i spoke to. did they do the stuff on the other side, and on the other end too?
the stuff ‘on the other end’ had real significance IMHO. shame it got painted out i think. i must have just missed it being done – looked ace, and i could smell the paint as i came past. ‘gangsters’ for reference.

This must be a marmite thing. I can’t stand graffiti of any sort but I accept that some of those are very creative and skillful. If you’re going to be creative do it somewhere where people will go to see it for what it is, not on the side of someones house/building or where it isn’t invited. Seems like basic respect really, rather than taste.

Beadnell, Northumberland

The top castle is Kelburn Country Centre, just round the corner from me.

IIRC he got permission to do it because the render on the castle was needing replaced in the near future, so came up with the idea that it could be graffiti’ed as a temporary attraction to the place.

Now he’s gone and asked permission to keep the graffiti permanent as its now a work of art ( and thereby saving the pennies to re-do the render on the castle )

There is a famous one just off Brick Lane, near Fika/Bagel Shop, had a photo of it but can’t seem to find it.. Elfin should know it well.

Looks like it’s been there a long while too.

Didn’t he need planning permission, got it for a year, it expired so he asked to keep it? Both saving on re-rendering costs and having a neat marketing tool (the “world famous graffiti castle” I think the sign said)
Anyway, I liked it,but it is tucked away off the road and is barely visible.
Earlier in the day I was at Dundonald Castle which is on a hill and is visible for miles and miles – I’m not sure it would work as well there.

I think a lot of the Kelburn House thing looks horrible, but I like the idea very much.

This is from a series created in a run down part of Philadelphia, the ‘A Love Letter For You’ project. Think it was featured in the Exit Through the Gift Shop film, along with Shepard Fairey’s Andre the Giant stuff.

Much to enjoy.