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GRAFFITI: AVANT-GARDE ART?

Posted on 17/05/2009 by admin

Spray-can artists find their skills in high demand, as graffiti stealthy routes to wealth.

It’s been sprayed on trains and scrawled across skyscrapers. This year, it was even splattered on Louis Vuitton handbags.

When, exactly, did graffiti get so glamorous?

Painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and Keith Haring (1958-1990) first brought graffiti into the avant-garde art world during the ’80s, though both passed away as their careers were launching.

Today, second generation vandals-turned-artists are earning critical respect and commercial success in the worlds of art and fashion in Canada and worldwide, leaving many hooligans with trickster smiles on their faces.

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“Bombe Glow Graffiti”

Posted on 15/05/2009 by admin

BOMBE GLOW GRAFFITI design by Random International

“It’s the dead of night; everyone is tucked up in bed and the owls are-a-hooting. So it’s time to break out the Glow Graffiti! Powered with UV light you can write, stencil and draw rude pictures to create your very own glowing light show. It’s like very complicated vandalism except much prettier and you won’t get nicked by the police doing it.
This really is a gadget of mind-boggling genius, perfect for parties (or if your nocturnal) and will have your friends intrigued for hours to how it all works.”

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Judge decision in graffiti case draws protesters

Posted on 13/05/2009 by admin

Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman led a protest Monday with 40 city residents against a county judge they said went easy on a pair of vandals.

Cimperman denounced Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Eileen A. Gallagher’s decision to dismiss charges against one graffiti artist and reduce charges against another. The men were accused of spray painting hundreds of buildings, light poles and other public property.

The councilman praised police and prosecutors for doing their job, but said Gallagher dropped the ball.

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Salvos’ program gives graffiti artists a lifeline

Posted on 11/05/2009 by admin

The Salvation Army in Inala aims to guide local graffiti artists into the graphic arts industry as part of an ambitious project to tackle graffiti and youth unemployment.

The charity’s network agency Employment Plus has teamed up with the Inala branch to deliver the project for graffiti artists in Inala, Richlands, Durack, Oxley and Darra.

Project mastermind and Inala’s Salvation Army Captain Peter Maynard urged more graffiti artists to take part in the project.

He said the program would start in May and presently had two participants.

“The aim of the project is to get people who are graffiti artists to paint a mural at our Salvation Army hall to help build up a work portfolio,” Mr Maynard said.

“We want to help get them off the streets and into the graphic arts industry.”

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