Paul Abbott
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paulyrichard Untitled '10
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I can only imagine the colours, forms and textures that maybe found, Asher.
Sometimes walls are steam-cleaned unsuccessfully, but then another tardy layer of graffiti is overlaid and so the cleaning cycle begins again, and through time the previous layers show through.
I find that graffiti art evolves when another artist reacts with another's work on the wall, or not in some cases. Some artists paste on paper images in this way, and I find it amusing and these can make a good picture.
These images are not around for long though.
Here is one I took nearly two years ago:
Paul Abbott Untitled '08
This second image is amusing, but it crosses into the very different territory of representation of others' works. Unless you're nicely represented in strotospheric circles (i.e. Richard Prince) it's a personal memento.
Do you mean Dadaism or photomontage, Ken?
Both and either, Paul! Those anti-Nazi photo-montages were powerful visions in their time. Even beyond political statements, photo-montage became a wonderful medium for broader social commentary. I encounter some photo-montage work today, but it seems relegated to art students.