Comments on: Nottingham's REAL Graffiti

By: imogen

imogen — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:13:49 +0000

Hello, I’m 15 years old and live in the city. I am very interested in the idea of graffiti artists creating their artworks at legal painting sites.
I feel legal walls are so important because these walls are the only opportunity some of these people get to express themselves through art. In 2010 Nottingham City Council tried to ban these legal walls. By removing these walls you are giving these people a reason to paint illegally as they have nowhere they can legally express themselves and produce their art on such a large scale. Most of the young people visit these walls so that they don’t graffiti illegally and if they are closed will feel they are being punished for other vandals illegal tags and scribbles. Ask yourself what options do they have left if these walls are banned, surely it will result in illegal graffiti?

On Friday Nottingham City Council celebrated the opening of the V&A “Street Art “exhibition. It is being shown at Nottingham Castle, the first municipal museum and art gallery outside London. Only last year Jon Collins, leader of the City Council tried to ban all legal graffiti art sites, saying “Graffiti is something that residents find annoying and offensive. It is not feasible to say graffiti is OK here but not there, so the city council is clearly stating that we will not tolerate graffiti anywhere in Nottingham. ”

So has the City Council seen the light or is it a hypocrite?

What do you think is the best way for these people to use their talent?

By: Simon Baddeley

Simon Baddeley — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:05:37 +0000

In an ideal world cars would be banned entirely from cities. I went to Venice recently and it was completely carfree. Wonderful.

By: Bone

Bone — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:26:41 +0000

Art on the streets. Make people think. Just what this great City needs.

By: Bent Society

Bent Society — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:12:55 +0000

Such protest is worthy. Check out this poor Nottingham driver who got a ticket:

http://bentsocietyblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/one-more-organised-money-making-scam.html

…now tell me ..is that fair?

By: Preacher

Preacher — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:47:24 +0000

A classic!!!! Love it!!! Never stop and never get caught.

By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:15:32 +0000

Great bit of work, nearly makes me want to live in Nottingham again.

Don’t get caught and keep up the good work.

Peace.

By: Barnze

Barnze — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:14:44 +0000

Yet another gem.Nicked a copy of it to post on my corner of the web!

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:01:12 +0000

Also, was it you that dropped the c-bomb written in the snow on Market square in full view of the BBC webcam? If it wasnt and you haven’t seen the screengrab it’s on my blog. http://justonemorething.tumblr.com

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:43:20 +0000

I saw this for the first time today which is strange considering it’s right outside my flat. I love the vulture up the road assuming that was you too. It’s nice to know somebody else has spotted the wardens hiding on the corner of Stoney Street looking at their watch until their latest prey’s time has ran out. Keep up the fine work.

By: Bent Society

Bent Society — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:09:47 +0000

Nice. Keep it up. Excellent in fact. Could you do something to mock all the crap crime reduction punerizing quackery signmongering? All the no drinking signs above the piles of empty beer cans… How about some Dumbwater signs or something?