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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!

graffiti heart
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?

graffiti house
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…

painted out
Kirsty Hall: Graffiti Covered With White Paint, May 2008

…while this one’s like faded Arabic writing.

painted out 2
Kirsty Hall: Graffiti Covered With White Paint, May 2008

Very Jean Miro.

Abstract graffiti
Kirsty Hall: Abstract Graffiti, May 2008

My favourite shot, I can imagine this as a huge oil painting in a gallery.

abstract close up
Kirsty Hall: Abstract Graffiti Close Up, May 2008

It’s not really graffiti if the council does it!

practical mark
Kirsty Hall: Practical Mark, April 2008

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  • i love the first one!
    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 :( boo!

  • 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.

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