Am I right when I call this eye candy?

[Mira]

(I'm finally looking over my last Asheville photos and may make my last post with them soon. This is not part of the narrative, so here goes)

[intheflow]

1. Yes.

I personally see bubble gum and red licorice. Maybe some SweetTarts.

Great colors and reflection.

[Mira]

3. Thanks. Just checkin'

Now back to work

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Yum.

[Mira]

4. ...

[NYC_SKP]

5. More, please... nt

[Mira]

6. There are those who may say: DO NOT

encourage her!

[NYC_SKP]

7. A favorite site: ArtCrimes (since 1994)

I was moved by the subway trains in the 70's, bought the book in the 80's, and encouraged students to do posters of this style if they cared to.

I still have some of it, done 15 years ago!

http://www.graffiti.org/index.html

[Mira]

8. Incredible! I flip over good "piecing" as my nephew called it,

an LA kid who stole my spray paints and all my spray can tops.
Will study the site you linked, definitely.
Here is one for you, took it out of the car, because it was very cold, the large pup was howling, and I got scared

[elleng]

9. Nice.

Been sending your Asheville photos to cousin who moved there, with her family, in August. They're very happy.

[Mira]

11. My son has lived there almost half his life.

He rented a flat bed trailer, put his crap on it and hooked it to his broken down vehicle, and dragged it over the big mountain into the valley of Asheville and he never looked back.

[NV Whino]

10. Wow! Great!

Reflection is perfect.

[Mira]

12. Thank you for the feedback.

It was an accidental find, we were turning around to look at something else more closely, and in our u-turn saw this. I was loud. And got the driver to stop.
LOL

[JohnnyRingo]

13. I love graffiti.

It's absolutely one of the most unique art forms ever, Such art would lose all visual impact if it were applied to a canvas.

I took a train to NYC some years ago, and I was completely mesmerized as we rolled through the underpasses of Philli.

I love that reflection. Apparently inner city vandals have an appreciation for the art as well, because you seldom see one defaced. I don't think these are gang tags, more like the Metropolitan Museum of Krylon.

[justiceischeap]

14. There are a couple of good docu's about graffiti and tagging

I really liked "Exit Through the Gift Shop" and "Bomb It"

[JohnnyRingo]

16. I believe I've seen the former.

I don't recall if I liked it, but if they tried to stuff it with too much of a plot, maybe not. I wouldn't mind seeing an endless collage of spray paint.

I know there's at least one coffee table book on the subject, but since color printing is expensive, so are the books. For most, that and the internet are the only safe way to view this art form, since wandering the inner city jungle with a camera isn't advised unless you're from there and know what you're doing.

That's why I was so captured by my train ride, seeing the art in real life instead of pictures had an intense impact. I live in a small town where the graffiti is amateurish among clumsily outlined dicks. It gets better in nearby Youngstown, but that's not a fun cruise.

Thanx for the tip! I may take a trip to Amazon.

[alfredo]

20. Exit is about Banksy, an artist that took the art to a new level.

This image is what introduced me to his work.

[JohnnyRingo]

21. LOL... I doubt it was that pic, but I'll find it myself

I'm familiar with Banksy of course. It's interesting that he was probably the first to make the jump from vandal to legitimate artist. No one in their right mind would deface or dismantle a Banksy work. It's an honor to have been chosen as his canvas.

[alfredo]

22. The image was of the anarchist throwing flowers

[Callalily]

15. What a great photo Mira!

And I too like the reflection. Completes the composition!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

17. Love the bright colors and

I agree, eye candy
Proving great minds think alike, here is a pic from across the country. I snapped it last Christmas day and it was painted over within 2 weeks or so...

[Solly Mack]

18. Cool shot!

[SouthernDonkey]

19. Great shots!

You'll never hear me complain.
I love graffitti too! Good photos!
I also liked "exit through the gift shop". I'm loving me some NetFlix. They have a lot of good documentarys available. Several good ones about photograpy/photographers/collectors.