20 Nov 2011

Street art or graffiti?

We don't see too much street art/graffiti in Hong Kong.

Click through the images here, at Cafe Babel. What do you think? The captions make several interesting points - graffiti is a means to create a community memory for example - but when you look at street art, what's your reaction and opinion? Do you like it? Would you want to see more of it? Does it make you feel included or excluded in a public space? Can urban art be great art? Should it be celebrated or repressed?

I still haven't made up my mind about this and I've been struggling with it for 30 years.

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