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Over Elements

September 23, 2011

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paint over paint

Hidden behind a bush, there’s graffiti over the wildly painted Elements store in Ganges. Art or no?

Filed Under: Art, Ganges

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  1. admin says

    September 23, 2011 at 8:13 am

    Sorry, forgot to add the top comment link on today’s post.

    Here’s a comment from Robert (via email):

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    I consider graffiti as art, but only if it’s done tastefully, and not just simple crappy tagging. The graffiti here, I find very inappropriate.

  2. Whitney says

    September 23, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    I also consider graffiti to be art. However, defacing someone else’s art with your own is simply inconsiderate and arrogant.

  3. roz says

    September 23, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    …i think the 10,000 hour rule applies here; the graffiti is not art, but your photo of it could be…

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