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Yet more absurdist signage, this time courtesy Neatorama.
More fun with creative graffiti, after the jump.
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If all graffiti were that cleaver, I might not mind having it around.
Unfortunately the ones where I live spend too much time breathing the fumes.
posted by n2y2 on 2-27-2007 at 10:08 am
WizardBoy was here.
posted by WizardBoy on 2-27-2007 at 11:33 am
“It’s a FUN crime!” “Loading. Please Wait.”
Best vandalisms ever.
posted by Sillstaw on 2-27-2007 at 1:02 pm
Kilroy was here… I think I might take up clever graffiti as a hobby, they won’t let me paint murals on the courhouse!
posted by Korin on 2-27-2007 at 1:20 pm
The first photo shows an imprisoned artist with what appears to be one of the cell bars driven upwards thru his jaw and out the top of his head. A bit of a severe punishment for graffiti, don’t you think?
I liked the “loading” best…
posted by Doc on 2-27-2007 at 2:06 pm
lol. omg that is SO.DanG. FunnY. i like the “president evil” one and the “fun crime” one.
posted by Kiki the awesome on 2-27-2007 at 6:57 pm
I’m with n2y2 on this, why can’t all graffiti artist me that creative?
And how could they not see the first one coming, seriously!
posted by heather on 2-27-2007 at 9:15 pm
IN ATLANTA, THERES A LOT OF NEAT GRAFFITI THAT SHOW SKILL AND ARE FUN TO LOOK AT. THE ONES THAT SUCK ARE THE BASIC GANG GRAFFITI PAINTINGS WITH SWIRLY LINES AND NUMBERS THAT ONLY THE HUFFERS KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. “CHILDREN”
posted by JOHN BROWN on 2-28-2007 at 11:13 am
Hey, chill the F out there Johnny Brown. What’s with the screaming?
/caps lock is cruise control for retards
posted by AyeRoxor on 2-28-2007 at 3:59 pm
Yes Atlanta does have really cool graffiti
posted by ----- on 2-28-2007 at 4:26 pm
now if all graffiti was no-distructive then that would be cool
laser graffiti & led-throwies etc… (search google or youtube for graffiti research lab)
posted by john c on 2-28-2007 at 5:12 pm
loading … please wait …
thats the best … hehe …
posted by subcorpus on 2-28-2007 at 5:25 pm
Grafitti is an art. When this media is misused, as any other media, it becomes redundant, saturated and irrelevant.
posted by sewdough on 2-28-2007 at 5:29 pm
No links allowed (that sucks) but anyway, for those interested, see also…
double-u
double-u
double-u
dot
picturesofwalls
dot
com
(no affiliation, just like great graffiti)
posted by liposome on 2-28-2007 at 6:36 pm
The graffiti removal one is by an East London graffiti artist called Banksy.
He has done some stunning work around my old stumping ground of Shoreditch, he’s also painted elephants, the Israeli security barrier and put spoof works of art into galleries.
His website (banksy dot com) has a temporary page up at the moment, but Wikipedia has some samples of his work. He also has a book called ‘Wall and Piece”, ISBN 1844137864 which has a lot of his work in it.
If you think these are good, you should see some of his other work.
Jimmy
posted by Jimmy Blake on 2-28-2007 at 8:12 pm
The grafitti removal hotline reminds me alot of banksys work (www.banksy.co.uk/shop/) here in the uk.
posted by Dan on 2-28-2007 at 8:57 pm
bansky . . . *yawn*
posted by Dan on 3-1-2007 at 1:01 am
check out woostercollective .com best, most updated, linked street art location
posted by nick on 3-1-2007 at 4:37 am
My former bboy instructor is graffiti artist AKA writer.
It’s real art, not those cheap tags and quick sprays you see everywhere. Check him out. mr-totem.com
posted by okih-imus on 3-1-2007 at 12:42 pm
these are all very creative
love the “loading please wait” one
posted by Miss Dagurreotype on 7-31-2007 at 1:57 pm