A New Thesis on Streetart

I had blogged previously about Thesis - a graffiti artist who has an incredible and distinctive style. I was driving past the Commons Skatepark and noticed a new piece - and sure enough - it was a Thesis piece.



I had a similar experience while going through an art gallery earlier this summer. A painting caught my eye - and I said "This is by Thesis" "No", I was told, it was by a particular artist.

His stuff is spectacular - both the art and the graffiti - show check it out! You can argue all you want about whether or not graffiti is art - but not in this case - it is! Maybe there are others in town who can turn a pastime into a career ($750 a piece!!!)

Has anyone else seen any Thesis around Halifax? (or the HRM to be politically correct)

South Street Rail Bridge

Under the South Street Rail Bridge-Currently

Coburg Road Rail Bridge

Under the Coburg Road Rail Bridge-Currently

New YRON at the Pit

A new YRON Piece has gone up at the Pit, along with a couple of minor revisions.

Mumford Wall

Currently on the Mumford Plaza Wall

New Tagging - WSC

The tagging side of graffiti seems to have had a quiet summer, what with SAME's apparent incarceration. However, Canada Post was busy repainting all their mailboxes, and now taggers are once again being drawn to the fresh canvas. I had noticed "WSC" tagged around town - "Weed Smoking Crew" (no points for guessing their ages). I also noticed CSW tagged a couple of times in the same ares - perhaps a dyslexic member of the "Crew Smoking Weed", or maybe a memory lapse due to too much of their namesake.

Mumford Rail Bridge

Under the Mumford Rail Bridge-Currently

Context - Part 3

Q.E.D.

R.I.P. Happy Cannibis Day

One of my favorite pieces on the tracks was the Canada Day themed 'Happy Cannibis Day' piece (by SPACE of ADICT I think) which is no more. Given the UN's report on drug use in Canada (#1 in the developed world for dope smoking - C-A-N-A-D-A!!!) it seemed not only good, but quite appropriate. Sadly it is no longer with us. In memoriam tomorrow, pause for a moment at 4:20, remembering it in an appropriate way.

Under the Quinpool Rail Bridge-Currently

Context - Part 2

The 'new' sty;e bus shelters have been appearing around town. Compared to the old one they have rounded supports (likely to be harder to write on) but most notably, have a wall of advertising. The ad blocks the view of the sidewalk completely from the road (think of a kid running out from behind). The ad also seems ugly and unnecessary (though no doubt it saves us all 2 cents on bus fare).

I haven't heard any outcry about the ads, as opposed to the graffiti on bus shelters. Both the ads and graffiti are attempts to 'brand' something to the public - is one worse than the other on our bus shelters?

The (Money) Pit

The paint for a piece can be pretty pricey, and therefor it must hurt all the more when a piece is quickly covered. APER put a new piece up Wednesday, it was covered this weekend, and the new pieces were both tagged "Toy" by Monday.





Any bets that there will be new work up very soon?