When I first arrived in Grenoble, graffiti was a big part of my first impression. Tagging seemed to show little discrimination between occupied and shuttered buildings, busy respectable street corners and dim alleys. My main encoding for graffiti was, at the time, neglect and decay. These scrawled and spiky letters and unsoothing caricatures and splashes of anger had, in my suburban American childhood, come to me from the rundown parts of town, the public spaces without enough funding or oversight to be kept "nice," or haunting liminal spaces like freight trains and abandoned industrial buildings on the side of the freeway. I admit that its ubiquity in Grenoble made me a little dismayed, even uneasy, about where I would be living.
I loved this, Anne! My own hometown of Boise, ID has a number of impressive street art pieces that inspire me every time I walk past them. Thanks so much for sharing these images.
Thank you for sharing these fabulous images Anne, Street art has even arrived in our very rural, and small by comparison town over the last five years...
it shocked so many of the over large population of elderly but mostly was well received. It has certainly brightened an otherwise fading (in every way) old mining town... I’m definitely eye pro!
Très bonne description de tes promenades genre flâneuses dans cette ville animée par les abstractions colorées et contestataires. Une belle cohérence dans l’incohérence des artistes de la rue. Merci!! Un plaisir de te lire, Anne.
This gives me a new appreciation of this art form. I especially love your pictures showing the interaction of place and pictures--the way the colors and patterns mimic those of the natural world around them.
Looking forward to adding Grenoble to my street art archive 😎
Hooray!
I loved this, Anne! My own hometown of Boise, ID has a number of impressive street art pieces that inspire me every time I walk past them. Thanks so much for sharing these images.
Thank you! Ooh, next time I'm in Boise I'll have to check them out!
I enjoyed that read so much! I didn’t know anything about street art but you have inspired me to look more carefully. Wonderful pictures too.
So glad to hear that Bea!
Thank you for sharing these fabulous images Anne, Street art has even arrived in our very rural, and small by comparison town over the last five years...
it shocked so many of the over large population of elderly but mostly was well received. It has certainly brightened an otherwise fading (in every way) old mining town... I’m definitely eye pro!
https://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/fr/diffusio/patrimoine-culturel-visites/street-art-decazeville_TFO372764368576
You're very welcome! Haha I love the image of the elderly reception of street art in a small town.
Très bonne description de tes promenades genre flâneuses dans cette ville animée par les abstractions colorées et contestataires. Une belle cohérence dans l’incohérence des artistes de la rue. Merci!! Un plaisir de te lire, Anne.
Merci beaucoup Joy! Je suis flâneuse, oui!
Beautiful piece, open about your eye's transformation, and just fascinating about the illicit and the commissioned...
Thanks!
This gives me a new appreciation of this art form. I especially love your pictures showing the interaction of place and pictures--the way the colors and patterns mimic those of the natural world around them.
Or is it the other way around? 😉 and thank you!
This is the most amazing coverage of street art with photos I’ve ever seen! Great job, Anne
Thank you!!