Saturday, July 17, 2010

Scary? Yeah, a little...


It's been a while since I've shown you a Paris Graffiti! The colors of this one are not as vibrant as yesterday's Eiffel Tower, but it's still pretty interesting. I photographed it the same day I photographed the Bal des Pompiers, near le Canal Saint Martin (at the corner of rue Jean Poulmarch). It's a bit scary, but I really loved it at the time I took it. Paris is wonderful at the moment; people have started leaving and the weather is just perfect. Have a good weekend everyone, wherever you are in the world.

12 comments:

  1. Wow, that is a bit scary. I like the lettering. I've always liked the graffiti "fonts."

    I'm wondering, and please correct me if I am wrong, but I thought this type of thing was illegal. Assuming it was all done in one sitting, this must have taken hours or even days to complete. Maybe even a team of people working on it. I find it unlikely that no policeman passed by or no one called the police to report it during the length of time it must have taken to complete a work of this size.

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  2. Scary, yes, but kinda cool—especially from the Tenin perspective! Good question, Suzy. I wondered the same thing.

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  3. There is no doubt that the mural was created by a talented artist. The lettering is out of this world. I wonder what it says, being so totally graphitologically illiterate as I am.

    Wishing you a fabulous weekend back. Sounds like you are working on it already.

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  4. You definitely have to click on this photo to see the intricacies. Really fantastic actually, but yes, scary.

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  5. He, c'est chez moi! :)

    A different artist comes EVERY week to paint on the wall, the new grafitti stays for a little while and then it is replaced by a new one.
    I really like the idea of having a wall dedicated to this art.

    BTW Eric, they erased the rhinoceros!!

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  6. Hmm..not one for skulls much myself. Yep, scary! But the artist is oh, so talented. He does beautiful work -- too bad no one could get him to move to canvas, he's probably do really well.

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  7. That's pretty cool Guille. Maybe next year's PDP picnic we can have the space for us to paint/post photos on? Ok, you're officially the head of the "Get Permission to Paint on the Wall" committee.

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  8. I have not been as impressed by the street art in New York as I thought I would be.

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  9. Graffiti, I knew you would be showing us more Paris graffiti. I just had to be patient. LOL Merci! I was thinking of you when I heard from an old friend of mine, the photographer, Jon Stevens. I have known him close to 40 years. When we met in NYC, I was using the "tag name" MARS. So Jon calls me Mars. That is the name that I used when I signed my graffiti artwork (both on the wall, or on the canvas). Jon dropped me a line and said "Hi Mars". It was so great hearing from him. If you would like to see his work, here is a link Silverpeoplestudio.com BTW, Jon was Salvador Dali's protégé.

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  10. Impressive! Sometimes graffities are just rubbish, but sometimes -like this one- are a piece of street art. I know they are illegal almost everywhere but I like them.
    Hope you are having a nice weekend too, Eric.

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  11. We have nothing near this level of art in the graff in my hometown (Portland, Oregon).

    I've (hopefully) done enough research to find some of the best that Paris has to offer. So, correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that rue Denoyez is pretty spectacular. I've learned that la Commune is nearby (dedicated to graff arts) as well.

    Anywhere special that just can't be missed?

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