Clifton Graffiti
Because it’s a posh area, there’s not much graffiti in Clifton but there is some and it’s often more quirky than the brightly-coloured tagging popular in other parts of Bristol.
It’s a bit hard to decipher but the text reads “the way is in the heart” - yay, Zen graffiti!

Kirsty Hall: Graffiti Heart, April 2008
Someone having fun juxtaposing a house shape with this very appropriate sign. Or perhaps it’s a warning, with the cross through the house indicating that they’re a bad agency to use?

Kirsty Hall: Graffiti House, May 2008
These next two bits of graffiti have been ineffectively painted out, I love the resulting subtleness.
This one reminds me of Jean Dubuffet’s art…

Kirsty Hall: Graffiti Covered With White Paint, May 2008
…while this one’s like faded Arabic writing.

Kirsty Hall: Graffiti Covered With White Paint, May 2008
Very Jean Miro.

Kirsty Hall: Abstract Graffiti, May 2008
My favourite shot, I can imagine this as a huge oil painting in a gallery.

Kirsty Hall: Abstract Graffiti Close Up, May 2008
It’s not really graffiti if the council does it!

Kirsty Hall: Practical Mark, April 2008


i love the first one!
boo!
I remeber some rather funny graffti i saw in clifton once… some one sprayed over one of those triangle danger signs with a picutre of an elephant and the text ‘danger elephants crossing’ it was there for quite a while! but then it went
Posted by claire on June 5th, 2008 @ 11:22 pm
Ooh, I wish I’d seen that one. Btw, I finally got round to picking up the drawing I bought from your show at the Here Gallery and it’s sitting above my computer.
Posted by Kirsty on June 13th, 2008 @ 5:11 pm