Tag from Risk in an alleyway behind Melrose.
Think he might have also thrown up the 'Free Eler' tag.
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Graffiti Writers Just Got More Fame - Thanks LAPD!
The LAPD plans to launch a graffiti database for Los Angeles. It will list all the hits by each writer, so that it will be easy to view and see who's really getting up! Click the jump for more
Cops don't get it.
Not only is pursuing graffiti an essentially purposeless task--you are never going to stop it. Even if you posted a cop on every street corner, kids would still be catching tags in the alley ways.
And the street truth has been around for a long time, ever since Wild Style, and that truth is when a writer gets busted by the cops it only gives them street fame.
So now that the cops are making this database, the members of society who don't like graffiti should question, "Why?" Is a graffiti database going to stop or prevent graffiti? No. Is it going to help get restitution from a 14 yr old kid when you have a list of all the tags he caught? No. Is it a big waste of taxpayer money? Yes.
And in the meantime, the graffiti writers say thanks for the data base and 'Thanks for the fame!'
***Thanks to Oz for the scoop and LAist for the info***
Like a Train Tag
This is an unusual tag. It is much bigger than a tag, and the drawing to the left looks like one of the characters drawn onto trains. It is rare to see this style tag in the street. Click the jump fore more
And the second pic shows the one writer capping another. (unknown artists)
We Love a Good Tag - M&F's View on Graffiti
A lot of folks have been getting bent out of shape about our calling out the fools who tag a Banksy. We think its weak sauce. But as for the tag itself, well, we have a lot of love for the tag . . .
People who think we are talking smack on graffiti must not follow the blog.
We have a lot of love for the tag. We believe tagging is the purest form of graffiti and getting up, and most of the time, we prefer a sick hand style tag to a full color burner any day.
MELROSEandFAIRFAX one of the only 'street art' blogs who covers graffiti, let alone tagging. Sure, there are plenty of graffiti websites, but most seem to draw a straight line between street art and graffiti. Graffiti blogs don't cover street art, and street art blogs only cover the biggest names and big installations. But we cover it--a lot. (maybe not since Banksy has come to town, but things have been so thick with that, that we haven't had time to cover much else, either)
Sometimes we wonder if its worth it? We get more shitty comments about the graffiti posts than anything else. And, while the graffiti community never seems pleased, on the flip side, a good part of the street art fans see tagging as pure vandalism, not art.
But the reason we keep doing it is because we think graffiti is an intrinsic part of what is happening on the streets. Quite simply, we feel you can't do the street scene justice, without showing the graffiti on the streets.
We love tags. We love getting up. And we love a good handstyle.
Still, there are a lot of things about the graffiti culture that we think are complete bullshit. One of those things is needless going over. Some writers seem to think that it gives more credibility when you go over something, or in Banksy's case, ruin it. We think that this belief is totally lame.
Sure, if you've got street beef, handle it the way it needs to be handled, but to just go over anything, just cause its there, only says you can't really make a name for yourself, so you try to ruin it for somebody else.
You can go to any little neighborhood most anywhere in America, and where you see graffiti, you will see fools crossing each other out. These are never any names anyone will ever remember. But when you look at the cats with the sick handstyles, the ones that craft their art, the ones that go big and go city wide, these are the kings who get up to stay up. They will handle their business and get respect, and they will keep making a name while the 'toys' keep crossing each other out.
The 'going over for the sake of going over' seems to be more rooted in graffiti than street art. But as far as street art goes, like we've said to street artists many times, don't pick up a spray can unless you know how to use it. It is embarrassing to have some wack-ass style next to a cool art piece.
And as for the tagging on the Banksy's, it is not so much 'a part of the street' as everyone says. Sure, the streets change, and art on the streets is temporary. But the fact is, every single one of the Banksy's was left unmolested until they were identified as Banksy's. 'The streets' seemed to have accepted the art. It was only when they were identified as Banksy pieces that the fame-hating went down and the pieces got hit up.
Furthermore, graffiti writers shouldn't get blamed as much as they do. Graffiti gets blamed for a lot of things that aren't their fault. Usually its just some random asshole. Only one Banksy was defaced by a true graffiti writer, the rest were just some random jerk with a marker or a can of paint.
So, to sum it all up, we love a good tag, but we sure hate fame-hatin'!
Banksy - Blast From The Past
3 of the 7 confirmed Banksy's in LA have now been cut out or taken down.
This classic Banksy piece is a blast from the past and addresses some of the same issues that are happening now with the pieces in LA. Click the jump below for more
Banksy Forum member Vivalarepublique provided this pic and pointed out how the stencil imagery of people running, like with the current 'Caution' piece, has been a long theme in Banksy's work.
It is also interesting to note the cut it out instructions with the scissors (like the earlier posted modern take by Insurgency Inc). At the time this piece went up, Banksy was getting hyped and people were wondering if walls would get ripped out to take a Banksy home.
Well, years later the self-fulfilling prophecy has come true, where it is almost the expectation, not the exception, for walls to be literally cut apart in the attempt to capture a Banksy.
On yet another note, it looks like haters been hatin' on Banksy since back in the day. Anybody remember this tagger?
Exactly.
Why Oh Why?
Like previous Banksy's this one has stayed active even after the piece has gone. Click the jump below for more
The note says 'Why, Thomas Crowne, Why?'
Not sure if this is a personal message to the graffiti writer or something else?
Thanks to Jamie Hanley for the pic of the note and Tam Truong for the whole in the wall.
Welcome to Lost And Jealous
Siiiiiick Handstyle~
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This is juicy. Done incredibly well. We are really diggin it.
Apparently, this just went up overnight.
Anyone know the artist?
Big thanks to MORELWORKS.COM for this pic, and check out the website for more amazing street shots from Los Angeles.
Banksy At The Oscars
Reminiscent of the MELROSEandFAIRFAX exclusive of 'Ricky Gervais Was Here' tagged onto the Beverly Hills Hilton, the home of the Golden Globes a few days after his controversial hosting gig, Banksy leaves his mark at the Oscars, this time on The Simpsons.
Click the jump for more
Banksy's earlier Simpsons has been as smash hit and has been watched over 6 million times on youtube.
And Arrested Motion is reporting that Banksy leaves a tag backstage when the Simpsons visit the Oscars. Not sure if this has aired yet, but it is on Season 22 episode 14.
Get Up, Stay Up - Handstyle
Sick hand style on this slap tag.
Beautiful, but not sure we can make it out. Fuliu One?
Girl At Venice Beach, California
A hand painted girl at Venice Beach.
Really dig the movement in the white swipes.
Unknown artist.
Tagged over by Yoshi.
Skullphone Rules
This is the first tag we have seen from Skullphone.
Or maybe its just a fan who thinks that Skullphone rules~
Neckface - Como Se Dice Gato?
Neckface tagging 'Como se dice gato'.
Up with a new abstract graffiti character by unknown artist.
Going Postal - Brenda
This is a massive colorful hand drawn sticker combo pieced into one big slap from Brenda.
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This appears to use a dozen separate stickers spelling out Brenda's name, and a shout out to JC 695.
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