{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{},"credit":"","date":"2010-01-11T18:33:20Z","description":"The art of graffiti removal is superficial a abstract way of reproducing the mostly gray graffiti repaintings by house owners. Some say it’s art, some other not...","html":"\u003cp\u003eI never understood the thinking of house owners, caretakers or inhabitants, who like gray walls and always paint over graffities, tags and other paintings with gray paint. For this reason, I also can’t understand, why they don’t use the same color in which their house was painted before!?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause of that, a large number of houses look like rag rugs - A shade of gray here, another there, it\u0026rsquo;s all right as long as the wall is gray and not colorful or even artistical.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"Vimeo video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / Vimeo\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vimeo player loads only when you choose to load it; Vimeo then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://vimeo.com/368367\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on Vimeo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/368367?dnt=1\" data-video-title=\"Vimeo video referenced by The Art of Graffiti Removal\" hidden\u003eLoad Vimeo player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo wonder that some people used that proceed of the house owners, caretakers or inhabitants against them. They created the art of graffiti removal! They took the style of the over and over repainted walls and reproduced it. In my opinion an impressive idea with a more or less urban art intention.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe art of graffiti removal creates a new, very abstract style of mural art with an very interesting (guerrilla) aspect: Nobody knows, whether a rag rug wall was painted by a protagonist of modern urban art or by an antagonist\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info, watch the film “The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal” by Matt McCormick from 2002.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia \u003ca href=\"http://urbanprankster.com/2010/01/the-subconscious-art-of-graffiti-removal/\"\u003eurbanprankster.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdate\u003c/strong\u003e\nUnfortunately the video was deleted by the content maffia and i just found the trailer. If you know a good source, please write a comment!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nI never understood the thinking of house owners, caretakers or inhabitants, who like gray walls and always paint over graffities, tags and other paintings with gray paint. For this reason, I also can’t understand, why they don’t use the same color in which their house was painted before!?\n\nBecause of that, a large number of houses look like rag rugs - A shade of gray here, another there, it's all right as long as the wall is gray and not colorful or even artistical.\n\n[Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/368367)\n\n\nNo wonder that some people used that proceed of the house owners, caretakers or inhabitants against them. They created the art of graffiti removal! They took the style of the over and over repainted walls and reproduced it. In my opinion an impressive idea with a more or less urban art intention.\n\nThe art of graffiti removal creates a new, very abstract style of mural art with an very interesting (guerrilla) aspect: Nobody knows, whether a rag rug wall was painted by a protagonist of modern urban art or by an antagonist...\n\nFor more info, watch the film “The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal” by Matt McCormick from 2002.\n\nVia [urbanprankster.com](http://urbanprankster.com/2010/01/the-subconscious-art-of-graffiti-removal/).\n\n**Update**\nUnfortunately the video was deleted by the content maffia and i just found the trailer. If you know a good source, please write a comment!\n","tags":["Painting"],"title":"The Art of Graffiti Removal","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/the-art-of-graffiti-removal/"}