At The Edge

[Now with updates on three months spent watching walls getting painted, and in some cases re-painted] A normal wall Graffiti in Gurgaon advertising land reclamation drive of humans against giant termites.  But recently these advertisement walls have a new neighbor. Right next to that 'deemak ad' can now be found this  'Graffiti is art not Vandalism - Treble' From last one month these forms are sprouting (late at night) on walls of houses in Phase-III Gurgaon. Each one is drawn at walls next to empty plots, house construction sites, places that would be hidden at night but in clear sight in daylight and easily visible from busy road. The unknown hand has picked quite a few good locations.  (Yes, he is working on his skills) -0- Update. 6/2/11 Found the wall updated with a fresh graffiti. -0- Update: 6/4/11. Some silly copy-cat (or not, check update) action spreads to DLF Phase I. -0- Update: 13/4/11. ...

Something interesting that I came across during a recent visit to Jammu. Culture of the state in wonderfully painted murals . I was't expecting it but my street art appreciation session did wind-up on a rather familiar note. -0- Cross posted to my Kashmir blog .

A wall somewhere in Haridwar.

Noticed this on a wall in Khan Market

Found this (these) interesting graffiti (s) painted (carved) on a wall near a wire bridge that lead to a riverside beach camp some 35 Kms past Rishikesh. Together they present a sharp contrasting mix of two different styles of Graffiti art. One comes from the west and the other comes from India. One believes in bright aerosol paint and the other in plain engraving. One is all about style, the other is all about content. In one, the artist believes in anonymity and in the other, anonymous believes in names - good, bad and profane. Both forms see  artists expressing their inner thoughts through graphic cryptic messages. One is all about... Oh hell! I could go on; the Hindi carving on the wall are usual and a common sight in India, but the truth is that I took that photographs thinking that colorful graffiti (does that read M (i,b,l) PUB? ) to be a gang signal spray painted as a territory marker.