Saturday, October 9, 2010

Ricky?

Here is something I've seen on some of my walks lately; it's not really graffiti but more like gratuitous art in that the public environment is not used as a canvas but as a gallery, a place to display art that is prepared elsewhere. Graffiti stencil art is a bit like this as well and perhaps there is a little Banksy inspiration in this. I'm not 100% sure about the subject here but I'm guessing it's Ricky of Trailer Park Boys fame.
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6 comments:

  1. Living In Williamsburg VirginiaOctober 9, 2010 at 12:39 PM

    Interesting way to display art.

    Darryl and Ruth : )

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  2. Dean LewisOctober 9, 2010 at 1:03 PM

    Yep, I'd say that is Ricky from TPB, and not another one from Vic West. :)
    There is something obscurely profound about street grafitti, the old 'reading the writing on the wall' perhaps, or just the shared zeitgeist of it.
    Or,.. maybe I need to read more 'real' literature. Hmm.

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  3. JoJoOctober 9, 2010 at 4:46 PM

    That's pretty cool actually, although I don't recognize the face. Never saw Trailer Park Boys. Down here you can get fined if you put a sign on a telephone pole (or any city sign pole).

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  4. UnknownOctober 10, 2010 at 1:27 AM

    I have one of Bubbles and Conky!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngawangchodron/4981765969/

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  5. Benjamin MadisonOctober 10, 2010 at 6:07 AM

    ngawangchodron - Now that is very interesting. It's the same artist for sure. ASTK. I found mine in Vic West, on Catherine Street near Esquimalt Road. Where did you find yours? And, are Randy and Mr. Lahey and Julian out there somewhere?

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  6. UnknownOctober 13, 2010 at 11:36 PM

    Bubbles and Conkey near Yates and Vancouver..
    Technically this is a "paste up" in graffiti terminology

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