somewhere in between rage and serenity,
seeking paradise in a dream
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Anamorphic Graffiti by Paper Donut
Best Ever is the name of the art collaboration of Neil Edward and Hadley Newman
The Four Horses of the Apocalypse by Street artist ROA
Flight 101: Reverse Graffiti Hits the Streets of South Africa!
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We’ve profiled Dutch Ink, a group of inventive artists from South Africa, before, and now we’ve gotten word of their latest reverse graffiti exhibit. Called “Flight 101,” the “clean tags” are created by scrubbing dirty walls with steel brushes and depict birds in flight in an area of the country well-known for its biodiversity. The birds are etched into the Umgeni road interchange that spans a section of the Umgeni river in KwaZulu Natal. This is the latest in a series of clean graffiti pieces throughout the region that has perplexed local authorities tasked with managing “fringe” urban art projects.
JP Jordaan, Nick Ferreira, Stathi Kougianos and Martin Pace are all Vega graduates, a brand communication school in South Africa. The group’s surprising and thought-evoking eco art is designed to draw attention to our ever-increasing alienation from nature.
Instead of painting new images on degraded municipal walls and other infrastructure, the group enhances them with clean, temporary graffiti. While tagging is technically illegal, authorities are battling to pin down how exactly these “urban vandals” are doing harm.
Credits & copyright Dutch Ink
Love is Holliwood
Skate or Die - Savona
Beautiful Street Crimes by BANKSY
“Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw wherever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a living breathing thing which belonged to everybody, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall- its wet.”
- Bansky
