26 March 2007

Grafreetti


One of the things that I find a vague irritation in life is the mindless scrawls or tags that appear all too often in our urban landscape, this is graffitti with no redeeming features, serving only to feed the egos of its creators.

This said, I cannot help but admire the work of Banksy the self styled art terrorist who keeps his true identity secret. His work is clever, in some cases challenging, and has an inate sense of the absurd. (Still not sure about the rights of the whole "elephant in the room" thing though...)

Banksy's site features a hidden shop where everything is free - downloadable images which can be printed or used as desktop wallpaper. I like the suggestion that "Prints look best when done on gloss paper using the company printer ink when everyone else is at lunch."

Check out the shop then browse the rest of the site.

Link : Banksy's online shop

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