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The graffiti, besides being unique and still there, is about an important topic for our society, which is the defense of equality.
The text says “God loves all people” and “out with the racists.”
Murals and Street Art
Murals are great works of art and therefore eligible along with street art. Each mural should be a single Wayspot unless it has sections that tell a distinct enough story or are physically separate. Works that are considered vandalism would not qualify.
The street art pictured above may have initially been a good example, but due to the overwhelming number of names and different styles added to this piece, there is evidence to suggest it is not an intentional work of art and is therefore not eligible.
There are several tags around this graffiti, which is another indication that it was painted without permission.
To me also: it looks like a painting done without permission from the property owner. AKA vandalism.
Maybe you can provide a link to a site about the city hiring an artist to make it, or to the artist’s website listing it as a commissioned work. That would make your nomination much more likely to pass.
I do find the topic of street art interesting. There are very clearly different cultural attitudes.
Acting as devils advocate for a moment
The wall that this is painted on has numerous random tags. But also pieces like this and a few others that may be more than a fancy tag.
Streetview provides an insight into how this is viewed locally.
Going back over 14 years this wall is a place where graffiti appears to be tolerated. There doesn’t appear to be any “clean up” phases. Rather new things are painted. This doesn’t absolve it from being vandalism but it is a different attitude.
This particular one is relatively new appearing sometime late 2022-early 2023. However one nearby has been there for 14 years which strikes me as different - I don’t think the content makes it worthy of being a wayspot but it does challenge my view of what is temporary in terms of street art.
I don’t find walls like this attractive to look at but perhaps other views are more important than mine.
So to echo what has been said above is there some evidence about the person that did this that shows that this is part of a body of work they do.
First of all, I would like to thank my colleagues for their attention.
Look, I think you misunderstood the distinction between what was done there and vandalism, but of course, I didn’t explain it either and I apologize for that.
If you browse Rio de Janeiro, you will see entire walls covered in graffiti like this. Graffiti is part of our culture as a form of representational art.
So much so that, as elijustrying asked, there is indeed a way to identify it, the author left his Instagram tagged in the art.
I don’t know if you know Eduardo Kobra, he is one of the most famous graffiti artists in the world and even has his art in New York.
Of course, not everyone has his talent, but at least in Brazil, when graffiti conveys a message we believe it is art and not vandalism.
In my point of view, the image discussed sends a message far above this image considered good for wayspot, since the aforementioned image conveys a message of racial equality.
I noticed this and was sad you didnt credit the artist in your description. I highly suggest you credit the artist wheb they are known. IMO this also helps prove that this art is above vandalism.
Isn’t it a way of honoring him by putting his image in the database?
But of course, there’s nothing stopping us from putting this in the description, I didn’t do it because personal things could get in the way of approval.
The street art pictured above may have initially been a good example, but due to the overwhelming number of names and different styles added to this piece, there is evidence to suggest it is not an intentional work of art and is therefore not eligible.
