Graffiti of giant people stuffed into small building

Posted by David Pescovitz, March 4, 2009 10:34 AM | permalink

I really like this clever graffiti found in Bristol. Oysterism posted this one and several more from the always-great Wooster Collective site. "As Seen On The Streets"

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Older BB Video: (This is an ad) Soviet Unterzoegersdorf, pt. 5 of 6 / Cheetos Boredom Busters.

Newer "Homeland Security" monitors US citizen's house

Discussion

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#1 posted by sophos7, March 4, 2009 11:07 AM

why can't any of the graffiti in my area be this cool? All we ever get are near illegible words or letter scrawled in one color... not even bubble letters!

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#2 posted by Takuan, March 4, 2009 11:10 AM

is that product placement in her hand?

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#3 posted by wolfiesma, March 4, 2009 11:22 AM

There must be more than a few scholarly articles on the difference between graffiti and murals as artforms. I think I will look for some now.

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#4 posted by David Pescovitz, March 4, 2009 11:28 AM

TAKUAN @2, I'm not sure! I guess it could be an ad, but if it is, I wish more "billboards" looked like this.

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#5 posted by Phikus, March 4, 2009 11:37 AM

Looks like one of the original models is lurking 'round the right side...

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#6 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, March 4, 2009 11:41 AM

Sophos7

Get a can, and take to the streets. Graffiti is interactive.

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#7 posted by Anonymous, March 4, 2009 11:42 AM

Bristol is a great place for thoughtful graffiti. You get stuff like this, you get billboards altered with political messages, and of course it's the home of Banksy.

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#8 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, March 4, 2009 11:42 AM

Tak, that is "Special Brew" the mana of bums, drunks and punks. I highly doubt it was paid for.

BAD MANNERS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa_PbyWUZ4Q

I love you, yes i do
'cos i know that you love me too
I love you, yes i do
gona spend all my money on you

everyday when i say, that i'm not gona take anymore
its ok, don't go away, i feel bad when you're closing the door

I love you

Need some more, to restore all the feeling that i get from you
i want more, give me more, all i want is a barrell of you

I love you, yes i do
'cos i know that you love me too
i love you, yes i do
gona spend all my money on you
woh woh woh woh

(trumpet instrumental)

I don't care, when they stare, at the way that i'm always with you
we're a pair, it's not fair when they say we're a special brew!
woh woh woh woh

I love you

hey...hey...hey...hey...
hey...hey...hey...hey...
hey...hey...hey...hey...
hey...hey...hey...hey...

Everyday, when i say, that i'm not gona take anymore
it's ok, dont go away, i feel bad when you're closing the door

Need some more, to restore all the feeling that i get from you
i want more, give me more, all i want is a barrell of you
woh woh woh woh woh woh woh

(instrumental)

I love you, yes i do
cos i know that you love me too!!!

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#9 posted by mistersquid, March 4, 2009 11:46 AM

The singular of graffiti it graffito.

A painting on the side of a building with permission of the owner is a mural.

/pedant

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#10 posted by mistersquid, March 4, 2009 11:48 AM

The correct spelling of it is is.

/sanctimony

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#11 posted by Takuan, March 4, 2009 11:51 AM

great tune for a knees up!

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#12 posted by Keir, March 4, 2009 12:02 PM

The correct spelling of it is it. The correct spelling of is is is.

/unfunny

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#13 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, March 4, 2009 12:05 PM

Kier wins.

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#14 posted by Auto Parts for Brains, March 4, 2009 12:05 PM

This is what graffiti should look like. Banksy has really revolutionized art by introducing the possibility of beauty in what was once considered a destructive pastime. I hope other painters like the one featured here follow suit.

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#15 posted by mdh, March 4, 2009 12:22 PM

Banksy didn't revolutionize street art any more than Shepherd Fairey revolutionized photoshop. They're both just damned good at it.

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#16 posted by Avram / Moderator, March 4, 2009 1:25 PM

Auto Parts, I can remember seeing beautiful, colorful graffiti murals on NYC walls and subway trains when Banksy was just six years old.

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#17 posted by Shelby Davis, March 4, 2009 1:35 PM

Methinks that looks like Kurt Cobain on the left.

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#18 posted by thehoundoflove, March 4, 2009 1:38 PM

The correct spelling of Kier is Keir.

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#19 posted by Anonymous, March 4, 2009 2:13 PM

It's got to be a mural, not graffiti.

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#20 posted by DianneS, March 4, 2009 3:48 PM

Anybody from Lawrence, KS reminded of the "boxed in" mural inside Quinton's Bar and Deli?

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#21 posted by freshacconci, March 4, 2009 6:26 PM

What #9 said. It's a mural.

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#22 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, March 4, 2009 7:16 PM

Does anyone, who is taking the time to post "it's a mural", have a citation on the legality of this piece? (Also, in the graf-culture the legality or not of a piece doesn't merit this distinction. Call it discipline-specific terminology if you like, but it's valid.)

Here, in the original posting of this photo, there is no such information:

http://www.woostercollective.com/2009/02/fresh_stuff_from_dan_in_bristol.html

http://bristolgraffiti.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/new-dan-in-brunswick-square/

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#23 posted by minTphresh, March 4, 2009 9:43 PM

grafitti muraL. PROBLEM SOLVED! you are ALL welcome.

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#24 posted by arkizzle / Moderator, March 4, 2009 9:46 PM

Thanks MinT!

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#25 posted by Takuan, March 4, 2009 9:57 PM

...more of a fresco, really...

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#26 posted by Takuan, March 4, 2009 10:40 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUqiSigNu7Q&feature=related

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#27 posted by minTphresh, March 4, 2009 11:13 PM

fresco is a technique involving wet plaster and water based egg-tempura pigments. you lay the wet palster down on a base which has been 'cartooned', and the moisened pigment is applied to the wet plaster. rather quickly, i might add. as the plaster tends to dry beyond workability in a couple hours or less. then the unpainted plaster is scraped away, and new plaster is layed down alongside the preshly painted and curing plaster. it's from the italain: 'fresco'= fresh (exciting!) as in 'fresh plaster'. graffiti |grəˈfētē|
plural noun ( sing. -to |-tō|) [treated as sing. or pl. ]
writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. mural |ˈmyoŏrəl|
noun
a painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall.

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#28 posted by thequickbrownfox, March 5, 2009 3:22 AM

Some serious foreshortening anomalies there but a damn good wry and acute observation.

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#29 posted by Beanolini, March 5, 2009 3:34 AM

Bristol's been legendary for its graffiti as long as I can remember.

The 'Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft' have a list of sites in the city that they believe would be improved by graffiti...

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#30 posted by Grozbat, March 5, 2009 4:09 AM

"Artful grafitti" is what wikipedia calls it.

A useful term I think.

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