Does Graffiti Have A Place In Yate?
By jennifermoss | Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 10:12
I have yet to see it for myself but there are rumours of a new 'graffiti' style art work appearing on the tattoo parlour wall near 'The Railway Hotel'.
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banksy
I'm eager to go and see it for myself later on today but it has got me thinking….. Does 'graffiti art' have a place in Yate?
Graffiti street in Bristol has been a great success and the skill involved in creating those pieces is phenomenal, but, I'm not 100% sure I'd want to see that much more of it out side of the streets limits.
There are areas of Bristol that have incredible works by legendary artist Banksy on their walls, and to his credit, Banksy creates unique, stylised and subtle pieces that don't over power or irritate, but is it something that would be welcome in Yate?
As I said before, I have not seen the artwork for myself yet but in certain places, i.e. the tattoo parlour that is an artists shop, be it canvas or skin, art has a place there, but on my local butchers……. I'm not sure.
If the gallery in Chipping Sodbury were to produce a piece of wall art on their shop of a floral scene or the like, I'm sure it would be in the paper as a great piece of art, are we just dubious and unwilling to appreciate modern graffiti art?
What do you think?
Comments
I welcome stuff like banksy if its done in certain places and not on peoples houses or in shopping centres but I hate tagging...
By yoman45135 at 12:34 on 07/08/12
ReportIm a legal graffiti artist living in yate and i thank Two Tone for bringin one of Bristols best graf artists to yate and commisioning him to paint their shop which i think improoves the area. Im lookin for wall space to practice on in the area so let me know if you want some graffiti art.
By grafanorak at 21:15 on 06/08/12
Reportlove it brighten up station road welcome to the new order colour and more colour
By two tone tattoos at 13:08 on 10/02/12
ReportI think it looks fab!
I am not saying that Yate needs to be graffiti city, but it would be very good to see more public art dotted around the area - as they have done very successfully at Portishead.
If Yate wants to be seen as a place on the up, more public art can only help reinforce that impression!
Thanks Banksy!
By WedsTescoNote at 15:04 on 26/10/11
Reporti think its about time we had something different in yate and i love the grafiti on the tat shop......it brightens up the road which as a whole yate is quite a grey, dull and uninteresting place....fair play love it!!!
By inkiee at 09:58 on 25/10/11
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