There are certain plot of land that someone will put up one tag and then someone else will come and put up another one. These are normally places that have been turned into parking lots by inactivity or areas that were meant to be construction areas but the build never started to happen.
I am not a fan of vandalism and believe there is a huge difference between street-art and destruction of property. One I love, the other I would help the police track down the perpetrator and prosecute them, even if their art is good. I am not a fan of turning someone else's property into your canvas, even if you work is good. You need to have permission to do that stuff.
So I was kind of happy to find out that the owner of this building that this parking lot is on has given permission to the people that have put up pieces here. He told them they can do this but in a while they will have to come back and paint over it so that others can have a go at doing this as well. They agreed and so I think this is a win win for everyone.
Even though I am incapable of doing this sort of thing on my own at all, I still find tags to be my least favorite of any type of street art. At least this one has a few additions to the letters as well as just the callsign or whatever it is called. I went in close to inspect as well because many times these things appear to be spray but are actually brush work.
This is definitely spray, you can tell by the absence of completely straight lines or points at the end of a line. Also, there is a certain brush stroke that spray never leaves behind and gives the pieces this sort of "special" look
You can see it here as well and also my shadow :P
I don't have a problem with brushes being used in street art but for me I think it takes away from the authenticity of what street-art is when such a thing is used. To me it seems a bit like cheating. I know from speaking to guys and girls that excel at this sort of thing that it is frowned upon on the street-art community if one uses so much as a cardboard box to get a straight line, everything is supposed to be free-hand if it is to be considered genuine. I don't really know for sure, I am just an outside observer who can't actually do any of this stuff himself so if I am faced with someone who is doing it, I just keep my mouth shut and watch :)
If you would like to have a look at this area, it looks like it might be turning into a new unofficial street-art park because the owner is cool with it. He has a coffeeshop that is on the other side of the wall, so if you do come by to admire the work maybe have a drink while you are there as well. here is the approximate location. That is not the exactly location but it is the correct area, you will have to have a walk around a bit to find it. But that is part of the adventure!
