Contractor returns to site to find imitation masterpieces on perimeter hoarding.
I must admit that I have never quite seen the point of graffiti. For all the do-gooder liberal talk of self-expression and creativity, most of it appears to be the work of someone with too much time on their hands and ready access to spray paint or just plain-old vandalism.
However, having just received these photos from UK contractor Button-Linguard, we may have to review our stance on this art form.
The company had erected a hoarding around the perimeter of a site in Chesham and, as is too often the case, the hoarding began to attract graffiti artists. But what sets these artists aside is that they happed switched their usual “Kevin woz ere” and smiley faces for something far more cultured.
In fact, within a few days, the hoarding has attracted passable copies of works by Picasso, Damien Hirst, Jackson Pollock and Edvard Munch to name but a few. In fact, one anonymous artists was so proud of his depiction of an elephant complete with a 3-D trunk that he actually framed his piece for posterity.
Our thanks to Button-Linguard’s Roy Gibbons for sharing these photos.
