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Ironic Graffiti Art... moving on from the politics...

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As soon as I stumbled across this story I knew it would be one you would all like to hear. We all know that graffiti can be unsightly, and sometimes just inappropriate but there are some graffiti artists out there worthy of a wall or two to brighten up or spread a  message - people like Banksy would be the most obvious choice, but there are other graffiti artists out there including an artist by the name of DS. Graffiti artist DS hit the news earlier this year with his Hello Kitty 'turned bad' creations. After he stenciled one onto a building in London, only to see it removed less than 24 hours later, he decided to spread a bit of graffiti irony. He decided to graffiti the same wall with the image of the graffiti remover... making this graffiti remover infamous! (photos are copyright of the Caters News Agency - we do not own any of the photographs) A really clever idea and I'm sure the remover was flattered... we're not too sure how quickly he removed this peice, ...

Reverse Graffiti - A New 'Clean' Marketing Trend

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Most people have heard the word graffiti but not many will of heard of the new trend in art and marketing which is reverse graffiti. Unlike the traditional graffiti methods which use spray paint and other types of paints, solvents, inks, anything which will leave a mark and be a nuisance to take off (most people need professional cleaning solutions such as  http://www.morclean.com/grafitti-removal-equipment.html ), reverse graffiti uses a ‘cleaning’ method, and as you all know, we’re all about cleaning! Many large corporations have caught onto this trend firstly because there is no law against the cleaning of buildings, and secondly because it’s a pretty cheap way of marketing and brand awareness. You can see below, a dirty pavement or wall has been used, a stencil applied and simply the logo has been ‘washed on’ … maybe the Morclean Pressure washers were used http://www.morclean.com/industrial-high-pressure-washers-index.html ? A pretty cool and imaginative use of di...