{"id":1421,"date":"2006-12-30T23:22:31","date_gmt":"2006-12-31T03:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:11:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:11:50","slug":"best-of-2006-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/12\/30\/best-of-2006-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2006: graffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/bestof2006-grafitti.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Graffiti has become the wallpaper of urban life as much of it tends to blend into the city landscape. But a creative person has been doing some fabulous stencil-cutouts and posting them around the downtown core and west-side neighbourhoods over the last month and a half of 2006. Outside of the controversial &#8220;Drake You Ho&#8221; tag from late 2005, I can&#8217;t remember a graffiti piece (in this case pieces) that&#8217;s had so many tounges wagging outside the graf artist scene.<\/p>\n<p>I love this form of graffiti because of the time, energy and thought that has gone into the installations. It also challenges viewers to think of the ever-expanding nuances of the graffiti art world &#8212; the police try to portray graffiti as an extension of gangs, but the scene encompasses a wide variety of styles and techniques. It is very difficult to lump this type of work into the same category as a young kid who tags his nickname on to a wall for vain and selfish reasons.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bell Box Project\" title=\"Bell Box Project\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/BellBox-ward19.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The other graffiti-inspired art project from 2006 is the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=363\">Bell Box project<\/a> initiated by Councillor Joe Pantelone&#8217;s office and the urban arts organization <a href=\"http:\/\/www.styleinprogress.ca\/\">Style in Progress<\/a>. Over 40 of these telephone switcher boxes were converted into a canvas for local artists to showcase their talents. While I recognize that part of the allure of graffiti is the risk and excitement of doing something covert, this project shows you can still produce interesting graffiti art even if the <em>powers that be<\/em> give you permission.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/martinreis\/\">Martin Reis<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graffiti has become the wallpaper of urban life as much of it tends to blend into the city landscape. But a creative person has been doing some fabulous stencil-cutouts and posting them around the downtown core and west-side neighbourhoods over the last month and a half of 2006. 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