Paul Curtis, a Yorkshire graffiti writer, has come up with a really clever writing technique: he lays a template with his tag over a dirty wall, then sprays the template with solvent, leaving behind a clean patch bearing his message. It’s inverse graffiti — he’s selectively cleaning up dirty walls.
He decided to commercialise the process and tagged Smirnoff ads in Leeds, and that’s where he got into trouble: he’s been ordered to remove
the clean patch of wall and get rid of the ad — via boingboing
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16 July 2004 at 1.39 am
Reverse Graffiti
I heard a story on NPR today about Paul Curtis who goes by the name “Moose.” He is a Brittish street artist who makes his graffiti (if you can call it that) by cleaning his images out of the…
sarah
20 October 2005 at 10.20 am
i dont no much about graffiti & need to know peoples opinions on weather graffiti should stay illegal or be legalized for my yr 12 CAFS assignment. any info or opinions would be appreciatated. perfect_lil_princess5159@hotmail.com