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The nicer ones are definitively art but quickly and filthy sprayed tags are just smearings.
Here in Düsseldorf large wall graffitis can be found everywhere, some are even under monumental protection:
Or as a political protest against Hartz IV (guaranteed minimum income in Germany. What is considered by some people as insufficient):
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Tag graffii:
A graffiti crew or "gang" from Düsseldorf:
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In my opinion "gang" sounds too harsh. Of course it's not legal what they are doing, but i wouldn't consider it as a crime.
Those crews are certainly mixed, Germans and people with a migration background. It seems logical, because most people don't care from where other people are.
That are some nice pieces of work. One can like it, or not, but it can't be denied it is art
I personally like it. Gives a neighborhood a nice vibe
There has been grafitti in nordic countries forever.
I mean even in the stone age and bronze age people used to scratch pictures onto stones, then in the Middle ages people carved runes and pictures on stones and into the wooden walls of houses and doors.
Then in the early modern age people used paint to express political viewpoints and easily since the 1970s when the grafitti art and tagging phenomenon developed in the U.S. it immediately made its way to northern Europe just as it did much of the world.
I wish we could have more artistic graffiti here in Stockholm actually, however we have a building called Kolingsborg which stands in this very debated place called Slussen that is about to be totally remade, while some others believe it to be a cultural historical place to preserve. The same goes for Kolingsborg and as a last hurrah they decided to let talented graffiti artist paint it to their hearts desire, and the result is fantastic. I think everyone in Stockholm actually takes notice of the building now, much more than before.
This is what it originally looked like... Just a grey blob of misery.
I wish we could have more artistic graffiti here in Stockholm actually, however we have a building called Kolingsborg which stands in this very debated place called Slussen that is about to be totally remade, while some others believe it to be a cultural historical place to preserve. The same goes for Kolingsborg and as a last hurrah they decided to let talented graffiti artist paint it to their hearts desire, and the result is fantastic. I think everyone in Stockholm actually takes notice of the building now, much more than before.
This is what it originally looked like... Just a grey blob of misery.
There has been grafitti in nordic countries forever.
I mean even in the stone age and bronze age people used to scratch pictures onto stones, then in the Middle ages people carved runes and pictures on stones and into the wooden walls of houses and doors.
Then in the early modern age people used paint to express political viewpoints and easily since the 1970s when the grafitti art and tagging phenomenon developed in the U.S. it immediately made its way to northern Europe just as it did much of the world.
Indeed! When I first encountered it in the mid eighties, I was stuck by the amount of anti immigrant content, more so in Norway than anywhere else, if I recall. Norse for Nordmen etc. Didn't fit with my image of Scandinavia, as tolerant or a destination for south Asians.
I don't think I could resist the urge to beat the crap out of any ****ing hippie doing this to our building Friend of mine actually once stole some graffiti terrorist's backbag Guess that helped because they are very rare nowadays
Indeed! When I first encountered it in the mid eighties, I was stuck by the amount of anti immigrant content, more so in Norway than anywhere else, if I recall. Norse for Nordmen etc. Didn't fit with my image of Scandinavia, as tolerant or a destination for south Asians.
Oslo used to have too much graffiti of different kind before. But things have calmed down now, there aint so much grafitti in Oslo anymore compared to older days.
Oslo:
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