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adam: The city has screwed this guy more than once. Fortunately theres a new batch of politicians that gave him the green light to do tours again and a 10 year lease. I missed that graffiti but......

in response to: Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World by adam

Robert: Yes, it gives you the feeling of beeing in one of G. de Chirico's paintings. A feeling of desolation....

in response to: The Gaping Maw by Peter

44 year old loser.: I've been making paintings for 20 years using some of the same images as Banksy uses...however, he is much more clever (and prolific and successful) than I will ever be...I'm glad he's gettin' the message......

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

Megan: This is the type of thing you need to go to New York to see... Plenty of people can go to the Statue of Liberty or Ellis Island, but these paintings are the largely unknown......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

BelRoC: Time for some canvas paintings.. I use brush, marker, and spray paint.. I use masking tape to keep control of the over spray.. Alot of people mistake my work for airbrush... [[img:22577]] [[img:22578]] [[img:22579]] [[img:22580]] [[img:22581]] ...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

karlo: By the way,What you see here are murals,not grafitti. As some-one already pointed out,grafitti is usually carried out by just about anyone with a spray can or bucket of paint with the sole intention of splashing......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Big Bank Hank: Everytime I see paintings of the hungerstrikers it makes me want to throw up! These men were terrorists/criminals they thought nothing of killing people, blowing up buildings/people, robbing banks, extorting money of people, and generally......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

shankill: Wouldnt live anywere else!! thers great shops and cafes and the people are the most friendly by far. tourists walk freely all over the shankill and along the peace walls, signing their names and leaving messages......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Marty Chavez hates Children: First of all, who are the "Concerned citizens of New Mexico" to say Graff Artists don't own anything of Value? Moving on, tagging, is a totally different thing than most of the art above, which......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

procyon: Ah!! I love the guitar bug!! and some of these shots (#2 in particular) remind me of Bob Ross paintings (that is meant as a compliment--I love Bob Ross)....

in response to: The Green Mountain State by little ukraine

aer suzuki: ok this might be considered off-topic for citynoise but what the hell : i finally made it to the frye, pictured above, to see the henry darger exhibit and i strongly recommend it if you're......

in response to: A Small Looping Tour in Seattle by aer suzuki

anna ostro: Hello Staten Island, When you search annastherapy.com you will get the best massage in Staten Island. I live and do massages in Staten Island for 12 years. I am member ATMA. On my web site you can find......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

zagg: Fabulous: these are some great (and super canadian) murals --- I'm still not 100% sure if the man in the first photograph is the artist of the paintings, or a farmer painted in the......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

ksedge: wow, just found this, and i love it! Joe Contello, if you're still out there, i'm really intrigued about how you do these "digital paintings". maybe you could shed some light on the subject?...

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge by Joe Contello

EvilGentleman: Your last 3 pictures have been awesome. This one and scaredy cat look like paintings brought to life....

in response to: Fish Tales by susannah

joey: well, this was once the great western building. i had a show of paintings in the bank on the first floor. power bar bought the building a few years back before they were bought by......

in response to: Power Bar Bldg by joey

Chris Erb: That's too bad. it would be wonderful to have a streetcar in the city. On another note, I walked along the boarded up block in picture one with all the paintings. Do you know......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

Micah: Lots of his gum paintings remind me of Hundertwasser, with all the colours and swirls and things (though no spirals); also in his intent to beautify things which might not be inherently beautiful. Fun!......

in response to: Ben\'s Chewing Gum Art by Jamie

jack: evil my son-in-law was born and raised in south dakota and he lived on a reservation because his mon worked with people there. he is one big, tough guy and has a smoothness about......

in response to: Wild Horses in the Distance by EvilGentleman

!!6_or_SeX-_-.█════███████████─────.4rtist.com: billboard paintings and streetart installations done in 2003. The billbord right hand still present. WWW.6reetings_from_█════███████████─────.4rtist.com [::..█─── -_- Artist with .4 -_- ───█ ..::] ...

in response to: Good_moanin-wOrlD by www.1cm.de

Craigy: " I believe that the "nothing has changed" mural is gone. Why are you guys scared of a painting on a wall? These paintings are in an inner city area. Just like any place in the......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Peter: yeah i always love those water towers... they remind me of {hopper} paintings... i snapped this shot while on the way to {my dentist} on {57th} street....

in response to: Disappearing Skyscraper by Peter

ian: vz, after googling, I've seen and remembered several of his paintings, although I was not directly familiar with his name. Lately I've been thinking that maybe I should study 'art', at least, the accepted canon......

in response to: No Title by ian

facundo newbery: ellis is a fake . i've seen his paintings at the bar they are cheap quality and bad craftsman,also not a consistent body of work.very amateur. for the rest well the shadows are fantastic the only......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

TheManTheDeveloper: I drove through the area this summer and saw the wrecking ball actually swinging into them to knock it down. It was cool to see. It was was weird, you could actually look......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

elaine: why is that so painterly looking? is it the camera res or have you done something or is it just that david hockney has made LA into a giant sculpture from his paintings?...

in response to: It Was Cool in Los Angeles by joey

angela: the paintings you see are to remerber the heros that give their lives in the war. it is a piece of history.would rather live in a community with the IRA.bring them back....

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

ELLIS G.: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ELLIS G. Continues through 12/1/05 @ KILI 81 Hoyt St. bet. State St. and Atlantic Ave. Bklyn NY A,C,G Trains to Hoyt/Schermerhorn......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

fuzzytank: Hot one restraunt in Portland is filed is paintings of trucks on freeways the schens are like the first shot except all oil painted they should have used more bikes...

in response to: Somewhere in Nebraska by Peter

Anonymous (dialup-4.167.233.153.Dial1.NewYork1.Level3.net): Let me be clear. I do not hate Grafti art. I own 3 Dalek paintings they hang on my wall. I like the stuff that takes up a whole wall and is done durnig the day,stuff......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

fuzzytank: yes i have seen the rest of his work, and after reading the interviews... i hope he can skate better than he can paint if not hes gonna have a LOT of broken bones my annoyance: the......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Yourpony: hot trucks!! check out Kenyan matatus--small buses that serve as public transport, usually covered with paintings and named after hip-hop stars. This one's called Ziggy! [[img:3852]]...

in response to: Graf Trux 9: Return of the Original Graf Trux.... by moebius rex

elaine: yer, and i liked fuzzytank calling him 'dudeman' - he has such a turn of phrase! plus the point is that i didn't want to iron things out that much, and i rarely tamper with......

in response to: secluded graf by elaine

strabane republican: I Think the paintings in the bogside are great all murals in strabane are painted over and it is shit. glory to the IRA remember 1916...

in response to: The Bogside by norniron

elaine: ##cripes!## hool! peter, i went to the south of france after always seeing cezanne paintings, and the hills just looked like big cezanne sculptures, as if they existed after the paintings. i am sure if i......

in response to: may 26 2005 toronto by hool

Jamie: I watched a {BBC} {documentary} last night about the origins of human {art}. It focused on Lascaux and other cave paintings both {abstract} and of animals. It rubbished the general hypothesis that the paintings are......

in response to: Lascaux by vz

vz: Heh, I didn't even notice the Karma tag in Lascaux until now. To me it was all about the cave paintings, something you see a lot less often! You might want to give the location as......

in response to: Karma Freak by Nairi

Peter: was there an art auction or something? maybe the end of the school year for art students? its not every day that you see that many people walking about with paintings, but i am definitely......

in response to: the portable female by hool

elaine: it was because I was looking for info about banksy's exploits in NY putting up the paintings in the galleries recently that I found this site...

in response to: Justice Monument, Clerkenwell Green by banksyfan

elaine: Re: Dallas Graffiti Like What! what is weird is Ihave just this minute started reading Ian Sinclair, on Marc's recommendation, and he opens with just this discussion, even to the point of saying "The......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Like What! by Tick Tock

kilfennanDavy: I believe that the "nothing has changed" mural is gone. Why are you guys scared of a painting on a wall? These paintings are in an inner city area. Just like any place in the......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

noel: Re : san francisco: cool paintings on the walls the second one is the coolest...

in response to: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls by frakt

d j k : R e: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls i like good art the first one was cool the second was more my style...

in response to: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls by frakt

charlie: Re: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls cool...

in response to: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls by frakt

tammy jo: Re: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls the first one was horrable the second one was awsome...

in response to: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls by frakt

damien: R e: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls the first one was ok the 2 was cool the first ome was a little big...

in response to: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls by frakt

banksy fan: The Ghetto offered a unique opportunity to view some cutting edge art including Banksy's ##"That Christ painting"##. The image was controversially dropped from Bob Geldof's Light up London campaign in 2003 but has since been......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

borutz: i do not understand this whole story of much but i am think that if the mans name is CROOK that a crook he might be. are many people in america thinking the public name painters......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

Peter: ...and of hopper paintings, of course....

in response to: Water Towers by Peter

Tim: Great shots. I like all of them, especially the one with the man turned towards the intensely red wall. I makes me think of someone in a gallery or museum viewing a large, minimalist......

in response to: butts by hool

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