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art vandalism?or
BarCampCanberra 201119th March 2011, ANU
@RuthEllison
Ugly graffiti in Milan by Jackie Kever, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs2.0 Generic licence
van·dal·ism1. deliberately mischievous or malicious
destruction or damage of property:
vandalism of public buildings.
2. willful or ignorant destruction of artistic or
literary treasures.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vandalism
artthe quality, production, expression, or
realm, according to aesthetic principles, of
what is beautiful, appealing, or of more
than ordinary significance.
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/art
WHIMSICAL
Banksy Girl Balloon by NeverLeaveLondon, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence
IMG_0855 by Ruth Ellison, artist: Stormie Mills
FUNNY
Source: Ruth Ellison
http://swick.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/10-examples-of-funny-graffiti/
MAKING THE BORING
INTERESTING
Skipping Girl Graffiti by zoomar, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic licence
Sydney Street Art, robot by Ruth Ellison
Banksy by Klara Kim, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence
CLEVER USE OF SPACES
Peek-a-boo! Street Art, Fitzroy, Melbourne by Ruth Ellison
Banksy by Shayne Kaye available under a Creative Commons Attribution2.0 Generic licence Banksy by Greg Marshall, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence
Banksy Looters 29Sept08 by Infrogmation, available under a Creative Commons Attribution2.0 Generic licence
POLITICAL MESSAGES
Crayon boy by Banksy, http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/outusa/horizontal_1.htm
West Bank
Source: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FLs7qz-WGnA/THOLwBi_0hI/AAAAAAAACsE/FYurw_Ya6SQ/s1600/banksy+hole.jpg
Source: http://mishunderstanding.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/banksy-431.jpg
http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/14122010_banksy/banksy_13.jpg
I love
Range & styles of expression
Depth of meaning
Fleeting, transient
Layers upon layers upon layers....
art vandalism?or
More?
Check out my street art collectionhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/laruth/collections/72157624131868283/
Canberra graffiti artists – E.L.K., Bryd
Ruth Ellison
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ruthellison.com
@RuthEllison
Find this presentation at www.slideshare.net/ruthellison
Image sources: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernhart/1574355646/ , http://randaclay.com/freebies/free-twitter-graphics/
