As an 'art of 5 kopeks' an art which is 'out in the open' and available to everyone, which is free from price-tag and frame, and which embodies a natural solidarity with the ephemeral nature of all things, graffiti embraces freedom like no other form of art. Indeed, one might say that this form of 'open painting' devoid of compromise, from the dawn of man to the modern day, is the only art that has ever really existed: not so much the marking of the territory as the marking of the self.
These 'pieces' (gathered in Glasgow between 2004-12 and combined in this montage) are manifestations of a certain carnival sense of life, and an 'aliveness' that transcends mere (institutionalised) living. Together they represent a natural curiosity and creativity of the denizen of the city, inspired by the various permutations of the labyrinthine metropolis.
'The Gallery'
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