![=]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4r00eUhZh1qap3zpo1_1280.jpg)
=]
the graffiti around here is not at all like the graffiti in LA
Actually, a lot of people in Bulgaria approve of this. It looks like vandalism but Soviet monuments are generally regarded as symbols of the 45-year Communist regime that set us back several decades and still plagues the Bulgarian political life. These are the top comments in the article on a major publication’s website:
“Glory to the unknown artists :D”
“I hope they don’t clean it up, let’s raise funds for some weather-resistant coating!”
“Good job!”
“Don’t clean it up, put it in a museum as a symbol of the Communist Holocaust”
“The paint hides the shame of our whole nation!”
“Looks better than ever!”
EDIT: The article was updated with a full gallery of images, if you’d like to see them. (via lamqta)
(Source: jager)
(Source: landscapearchitecture)
(Source: landscapearchitecture)
Have you ever walked around in Lower Manhattan and noticed a trail of paint on the sidewalk?
About 3 years ago, one of my friends in school decided to follow the trail around and noticed that the trail produced the image that you see above; a strange-looking rendering of what appeared to be the word “momo.” MOMO, we found out, was the name of an artist that used to be based in NYC, and sure enough, the one responsible for tagging his name across the width of Manhattan.
After requesting a meetup, MOMO told my friend that he accomplished this task by fixing 5 gallon paint buckets to the back of his bike, poking a hole in the bottom of the containers, and riding though the West Village, SoHo, Greenwich Village, East Village, and Alphabet City. Momo made the tag in 2006. Some parts of the line have been covered up by roadwork and redone sidewalks but most of the line is still visible.
To me, the interesting thing about the line is how both similar and different it is to regular graffiti. Essentially, most graffiti writers enjoy seeing their name on things. The bigger they can paint it and the more visible their tag is, the more people will notice their conquering of the city. MOMO created the largest tag in New York, yet the scale of his work here, so massive that it can’t all be viewed at once, means that thousands of people will walk on it each day and never even notice it. It’s simultaneously the biggest and smallest artistic statement I have seen in my time here.
MOMO made a video about the line which you can see here.
If you ever walk over it, now you’ll know what you’re looking at.
….who the fuck…. how the fuck…. those are some badass gangstas vandalizing some icebergs. geezus.
Photoshoot
Like Reblog Follow whatever.
wut?! O.o
•
Page 1 of 6
