Comments on: Our front doors…

By: Tiago

Tiago — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:34:36 +0000

It’s really cool, you are a lucky man… an explendid art work for free… Nice one…

By: Todd Edelman

Todd Edelman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:05:26 +0000

Oh, I wanted to include this link in the last one: http://www.monacaron.com/mural.html

By: Todd Edelman

Todd Edelman — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:04:31 +0000

Wow, that is so fantastic. If it was my place or shop I would have been crying with happiness.

The facade of our nice, old apartment building in Berlin is a mess with tags. I asked a wonderful muralist-community painting person I know for some advice regarding a project for this building — a mural which would “join” this building and the social services building next door. But the landlord said no so far…

I also prefer real storefront windows to look in at night or Sundays, etc. Henry, maybe you can hang the rolling shutters… inside! But set back a bit… so you can put some goodies in front.

By: henry

henry — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:34:43 +0000

John,
You’re right. I’m not sure I could have commissioned a better piece, and even if I could it would never be legal without years of applications for building permits… which would probably be rejected anyway.

How ironic that would be if this uncommissioned art becomes a landmark. The irony is that the city is pushing for the removal of this type of rolling shutters because they make the street empty and ugly when the shops aren’t open. So we may have to remove these within a few years anyway.

By: John,

John, — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:26:52 +0000

It looks Great,It makes the Statement that Cycling is the Way to go for a Happy Life. It is very well done,it is not Insulting in any way they must have Worked very hard Overnight to do this.

There Probably will be a Preservation Order on the Building in a Hundred Years time because of the Bike Mural on your Shopfront.

By: Shane

Shane — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:19:41 +0000

Wow, that really is great graffiti- I have the Posada style (maybe it was Posada) “Day of the Dead Bikers” on my wall.
Too bad they didn’t get one of those skeletons riding a cargobike.

By: henry

henry — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:31:02 +0000

I agree, David. It’s almost an insult to call it “graffiti”; maybe “unauthorized art” is a more suitable description.

By: David Hembrow

David Hembrow — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:36:54 +0000

I have to say that what you’ve got there is rather good graffiti. I am also rather bored of the unimaginative tagging.