Dec 1st, 2011 at 5:00PM:
They say all art is subjective, and no artform is more contentious than graffiti. Some might say even a detailed mural is defacing public property, while others might consider a bawdy limerick on a bathroom wall to be social commentary. In recent years, artists like Banksy have elevated graffiti to public art. This Lego fellow cleverly rendered in 3-D shows his love for the city of Tel Aviv, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo of the day - Lego man hearts Tel Aviv
Dec 1st, 2011 at 5:00PM:
They say all art is subjective, and no artform is more contentious than graffiti. Some might say even a detailed mural is defacing public property, while others might consider a bawdy limerick on a bathroom wall to be social commentary. In recent years, artists like Banksy have elevated graffiti to public art. This Lego fellow cleverly rendered in 3-D shows his love for the city of Tel Aviv, ...Tahiti Graffiti
Nov 13th, 2009 at 2:30PM: You don't expect rampant urban culture in the sultry South Pacific, but it's there. That's because like it or not, Papeete is a relatively big city that's home to about half the population of French Polynesia, or about 130,000 people. Also, the city will never run out of reinforced concrete walls and frustrated youth.
Tourists are funny about graffiti-we like it in places like Berlin or in ...See Banksy's "Pet Store" exhibit in NYC for the last week
Oct 27th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Rebel artist Banksy's Pet Store exhibit enters its last week starting today, so if you haven't had the chance to see the creepiness first hand, stop by Seventh Ave. to check it out. The exhibit, featuring a variety of animatronic foodstuffs (and vice versa) closes this Friday and is a dialouge on the treatment of animal's in today's culture. Says Banksy:
" New Yorkers dont care about art, they ...
Banksy art exhibit on display in New York
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Dec 5th, 2007 at 4:00PM: Looking at the amazing street graffiti in Barcelona last week, I was struck by the complexity and quality of many of the compositions. No, I'm not an art critic, but some of the pieces were fantastically done and could have held their ground in a modern art museum anywhere across the world. Where Barcelona has rich, sprawling artistic graffiti, London and New York now have Banksy. If you're not ...
