The last set of pictures taken last week. These carry no particular weight for me, but they are cooler and help to shine light on how the wall looks as a whole and how diverse many of the tags are.
Archive for the ‘SoDo’ Category
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July 7, 2009I recently had contact with the Bald Man via Flickr and he was inspired to send me some authentic bald man stickers (not really, he’ll send them to anyone who asks). I now have three bald man stickers on my desk and am deciding where the best place to put them will be. I’ve also found a few variations in the bald man design over the past few days including the very first bald man sticker, which actually had hair.
The VERY first Bald Man sticker
The Great Wall of Seattle: Pt. 4
July 6, 2009More pictures from the SoDo wall. The other day I was looking at Slighty North’s Flickr, which includes pictures, taken some time before I was there, of the same wall in SoDo. The wall is drastically different in his photos, showing the way that it has been changed and redone over time. Different artists have constantly painted over other art to update the wall and turn it into an everchanging canvass.
The Great Wall of Seattle: Pt. 3
July 4, 2009More pictures from the SoDo wall. Although I’m not 100% sure, I think that the first picture was created using some sort of airbrush. Whether it was or wasn’t, it’s probably my favorite part of the whole wall and one of the most interesting pieces of art around Seattle. The last picture is also very cool even though it isn’t the most impressive piece of graffiti. When I first saw it, I imagined the caveman making his way across the wall, crafting it into a cohesive piece of art.
The Great Wall of Seattle: Pt. 2
July 3, 2009These few pictures show the diversity of the art on the wall. The wall has given artists the means of legally promoting their art, without “selling out”. It also gives the artists the ability to collaborate with other graffiti artists they might not have contact with.
The Great Wall of Seattle: Pt. 1
July 2, 2009As I walked from downtown to the SoDo area of Seattle, I started to doubt that The Great Seattle Graffiti Wall actually existed. It may have been the heat, but I became increasingly pessimistic about whether I would actually find the mythic wall. I first heard about the wall researching graffiti a few months ago. The buildings owners have allowed artists to paint on the back of the building for years and it is completely covered in every conceivable type of graffiti. I took over 100 photos so I will be posting them in a series of posts about the Wall.
