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Comments about taggingThere are 70 comments about "tagging"
TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan...... Post-84 New Jack: Embarassing ourselves, you say, you old geezer? You're like every other oldskool cat who's riding some already-done-shit and gave up on innovating YEARS ago and now you sit around and talk shit online because you...... youre basted ja: Recently, finally, writers are finding out exactly who JA is. Already known widely throughout the graffiti community, Jonathan Avildsen has already been “tagged” Mr. Parascandola. Better luck with “tagging” other writers next time. Nice read...... cattius: Is yarn tagging illegal? I mean, it's not like it's permanent.... Cedric: tagging is alright. You cant stop the graph man, its been here since cavemen, hieroglyphics, and if you dont hit that spot, you know someone else will... DIANAALWAYS23: I THINK THAT TAGGING IS A GOOD WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF BUT TO BAD THAT THE CITY THINKS ITS JUST A WASTE OF TIME. BUT ITS ALL KU ATLEAST YOU GOT YOUR SHIT IN THE...... graff: there are no limits to anyones potenital if they are truly dedicated. graffiti brings tourisim to toronto not just murals, bombing and tagging (real graffiti) aswell. I agree with peter and i think police should...... Losnah: There's tons of cool shit here, just keep lookin', cause the buff is quick... I spot dope pieces a lot. Lately: Gime, Fever, Jeab (mad throwies) Jukes, Snore (throw ups too, up High), Sherm...
Portland's...... Belroc: Tagging is cool!!!!!!
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... Belroc: Whats up Steez!! Glad you found this site!! Alot of fun article here..
Bill, I've been painting graffiti for over 18 years.
Started "tagging" in New York City in the late 80's
and have painted in...... kricket: i always got the impression utah and cause were a couple because their tags always appeared alongside one another, but i haven't seen as many of those lately and i see more and more utah+ochre,...... Give Your Head a Shake: GRAMZ is Graham UNIAC, 22 year old from Toronto goes back and forth between Montreal and Toronto. There are limits to everything and with the millions in damage he has done in each city...... ENVEY: yo tight ass shit up there but where is all tha csk taggings if you dont have that then you are missing out on some of burques best im repin the CSK crew were every...... KRY ONE BTD MNC R.I.P ICE: A CAN U TAGGE MY TAGGING NAME IT KRY MNC BTD R.I.P ICE... me: ah, pissed off tax paying citizen, we meet with a battle of words once again...
i am not in disagreement that the work that these artists put up- is indeed vandalism. i admitted to that and...... Silo: Hey Joe,I also now live in South Cali (Upland) to be exact and dont get me wrong Cali is cool but it will never be Jerzee to me.I wont move back to NJ becuase it...... iman: man, it looks rich, so why is there so much tagging all over the place?... EvilGentleman: jack, see what happens when you use the word "gang" in the name of your post? These "geniuses" don't even bother reading the actual post itself, they are just tagging cyberspace via comments. If they...... DG WILSON: I WAS INSPIRED TO DO THIS MURAL BECAUSE OF ALL THE ROCKS. ITS CALLED NEW ARRIVAL = AS YOU SEE HUGE BOULDERS SURROUNDING A NEW LITTLE ONE. EVERYTIME I PASSED ALL I SAW...... Pissed off tax paying citizen: I totally agree with the previous statement, so far no "taggers" have been able to justify that. How about they somehow buy a house and let all their little homies tag it! Then it would...... Marty Chavez hates Children: First of all, who are the "Concerned citizens of New Mexico" to say Graff Artists don't own anything of Value? Moving on, tagging, is a totally different thing than most of the art above, which...... Osloman20plus: yeah true enough psychofreud. its all within a pretty small area, where
it's been more or less accepted.
but theres some good stuff thats been removed in the last few years, here
and there you can find some...... PsychoFreud: most of the pictures above are actually taken within a couple of blocks. The rest of the city doesnt have
quite the same quality when it comes to grafitti. The majority of people are...... The KraFive Crew: ok first of all, This puts a bad name to stencil art.
if you knew anything about graffiti, you would know
a) NEVER copy another artists work. let the origional artist take credit for his or her...... FauxReal: I know a few graff kids that do some good stuff, but it's hard to get up when the cops are so hard on it. I've noticed a lot of nice stencils and posters in...... venice homeboy: those are tagging walls the cops dont give a shit what happens there. Taggers will sometimes take your cans if your not from around here
... colavitos ghost: wow, venice beach looks pretty amazing! i would expect it to be kind of cheesy, but this shit looks real. seems like the authorities don't care about people tagging up the beach....is there...... EvilGentleman: Yes indeed, it was hard at first, but once bag-tagging was taken to hand, a good stiff competition soon developed. One great prospect after another would rise to the forefront, only to be sacked shortly...... EvilGentleman: I forgot to mention, bag-tagging is an important sport crucial to the development of male involuntary reflexes, and its origins can be traced all the way back to ##homo erectus##.... Keis: Perhaps he needs to get a real job. It is all distasteful, the tagging and such. Go to design school or volunteer teaching art. Graffiti is trash. ... Scott Sargent: Imagine that! Whomever you are, wherever you are is where its at, non? People are naturally defensive. Go Figure. I mean, {Norman}, {Oklahoma}. Seriously. Its nice that someone surfed in, though, really. I do sincerely...... JELOROC: yo i just wanted to say to all you newjack graffiti writers if i ever catch you tagging on another piece of public art i'ma choke you! whoever tagged tha spinning sufi on alberta is...... Matt: Sane? Who's that? I lived in Coney Island for 20+ years (70's-90's) and while I was not the best kid growing up, I knew not to defame other people's property. I'm not trying to open...... groovehouse: [[img:11767]]
The Knitta Crew got a national mention tonight on Saturday Night Live! Apparently they were in NYC tagging and creating havoc! LOL!
... ea: ha! nooo...
"something which has it's own aesthetic value (especially something which is a living thing) should be left to stand on it's own without intervention"
so I was asking, does this mean skin too?
I certainly think...... Jamie: I'm not sure how i feel about people tagging trees/bamboo etc. something which has it's own aesthetic value (especially something which is a living thing) should be left to stand on it's own without...... Editor: Other thing to note that images over 600 pixels tend to push the site layout off the visible screen for people running lower screen resolutions. Also a good way of linking a series of posts...... EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all...... SCAM28: God damn it...every time I read something like that I get so pissed...and there's nothing you can really do about it...
See I'm from Berlin, Germany and there's massive graf in this town...so as another measure...... EvilGentleman: If you read it without the pictograms, you could see:
NO smoking
NO drinking
NO eating graffiti
If only graf artists would start using icing guns. Just imagine the fun of "bombing" a bakery with icing, or the ultimate...... Jonesitis: Clearly this is not a case of motorist vs. cyclist. It is a prime example of urban vs. suburban lifestyle. In suburbia, it is OK to disrespect the envinronment, and people you don't...... Crayon: I've been reading through the comments on this page and am saddened by how hard it seems for many of you to use rudimentary English. Being creative and intelligent shouldn't be mutually exclusive.
Here's an...... FROGS.KTA.L.A.: 1989-2006 KNOWN TOO ALL CREW KEEPING TAGGING ALIVE!
FROG,ROKES,BLAX,FLOW,EXOH, THOE,AWARE,SLOES,CRITEK,ROAR,
BLERT,SKES,REVS,RIZM,MAUI,TWEAKS,IRIE,MORTAL,TONK,RIZOK,MEZU
EDEN,BOOF,HENT,LOPER,BEAST,TORK,GUE,NFEKT,TREK
L.A. 2HUSTON 2LAS VEGAS 2HUMBOLT COUNTY
PEACE2:GV,TE,WID,CTK,LMC,FUA,DHS,MDR,DBI,LFR,VISIONS,WGS,DCR,URB,JPL,DA,ASB,BSO,IDS,DUI,DCB,RIA,LLK,LAC,DMA,CSU,SMW,BK, SKD, B.R.U.C.L.K.S.,FFC,COI,IFK,DEMSPRORECORDS,TSL,MIH,SGA,
DAS,NBK,KI,AT, ... HOTTIE : dats me and my friends boyfriend dat saw that tagging on the wall!!!!... jeeff: i have a feeling that if the wrong people saw you tagging or bombing overtop of those loyalist murals you'd probably get your throat slit. i think that's a pretty good incentive to leave...... Peter caine: The last few days I ve realy been looking hard at stuff people do, tagging Gafti ect. The Good stuff is just so few and far between, If i was one of the few with...... hool: i feel embarassed for and confused by those who post as artists or makers of stuff, yet cannot communicate in the most basic visual medium (text). i'm not talking about poor spelling, althought "Im...... Anonymous (pool-71-111-79-229.ptldor.dsl-w.verizon.net): The graffiti there is amazing. Much more creative than the simple tagging we have in Portland.... NAG: from my own experience that, the reason for tagging trash cans, pay-phones, newspaper stans, ect. is that The tags stay up longer.... Peter Caine: The differnce between duchamp and this idiot is not even close. Duchamp was doing something new. He is not pushing anything New,its old and every kid with a spray can can do it. You most...... DAZE: i think stencil graffiti is a new way of tagging its not only leaving your name,but your mark... Peter: yep. thers definitely crap graffiti out there- dont get me wrong- im not trying to make a blanket statement here regarding the fact that good and bad graf exists.
but its when people label potentially...... Peter: so what exactly gives you the ability to judge what is "graffiti artwork" and what is "tagging"? your personal preferences? because i could argue that jeeff's or mine or anyone else's personal preferences are just...... JayEastsider: I took the pictures to make a mini documentary on the difference between graffiti artwork vs. tagging everything from peoples homes to historic buildings (and everything else between) and Jafer is by far one of...... jeeff: i'm just curious cuz sine's our "man on the scene".
not all art is about converting cynics. i don't think james joyce's ulysses has won over too many of the masses, but it's still widely...... Jamie: i agree. personally i'm a huge non-fan of tagging/bombing unless it's somehow unique and or equisitely executed. The {sixy trolls} were a modern masterpiece and their loss is a true crime.... no_brakes23: I just put the other two in for hisortical context.
Of course, we all know about ancient civilizations writing on the walls, but the modern age of graff had three significant events that led up to...... cafeconleche: I was enjoying the comments ans just pondering stuff when this gang shit comes up...What is up with the gangbangers....? Geeze I know this is a public forum but, ya'll are comin' out of...... Jamie: Yeah, although i don't personally agree with tagging or writing onto old architecturally interesting buildings, though there are plenty of post-war concrete boxes around here.... WkC member: i know 3 official members of 13 street AKA LMV X3. you wont believe this shit. ones in 5th grade, 9th grade and 8th grade. ive been asked to be in x3 lmv or x3...... elaine: these are lovely. what a fab colour she is. i can understand her reluctance to be handled after the tagging incidents... but you have got a really good almond restaurant ... elaine: i also heard today that there is a beer doing stencil tagging here. there is a style of poster which is really hard to tell if it's art or just a clever marketing ploy. invasive... elaine: i am feeling a new wave of screenprinting tagging coming on...!... hasslehoff: Yeah, we have the same sorta stuff here in england. The countryside is peppered with reinforced concrete river defenses known as "pill boxes". They're protected from demolition by the government as sites of historical interest...... titi: hi waz up Iam tagging right now write back
... christina hernandez: Its bad ass tagging
... OG PESTONER DNA: Most of tha good graff is underground...in abandoned tunnels, in frieght yards, etc...any public graff is usually whitewalled with the quickness...even pieces where the owner of the property gave permission (buffed by the city without...... hasslehoff: Oh i see. In that case i agree wholeheartedly. Mindless tagging is a blight on the urban landscape and provides nothing more than anti-street-art fodder for anal daily mail types.... addendum: By establishing an easily recognizable basic character with a bold, graphic line-quality and reduced palette, The London Police has pushed Urban Art a huge step away from graffiti tagging toward a unique brand of symbolic...... borutz: wow i do think that it is the sticker tagging time in moscow! i am very much enjoy this pictures from moscow and russia. it looks as an interesting place, this is to be sure....
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