| March 9, 2005 |
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Pictures of Walls
Once  you get past the dire warning about cursing and the slightly confusing navigation (scroll down and click on the big white arrows), you'll find some spray-painted gems in this collection of city snapshots. Using tagged expanses of brick, cement, glass, metal, and plywood as subjects, the contributors to this photo "Gallery of Grime" have tracked down moments of beauty and desperation in the often hidden landscape of urban street expression. You won't see any portraits of those who left their messages -- or the "spotters" who noticed their work -- but it's just as compelling to watch the walls speak for themselves. In settings as diverse as Tel Aviv, Sydney, Reykjavik, London, and New York, the statements captured in these images range from political to literary -- but always with a powerful undercurrent of the humanity standing just outside the frame. (in Visual Arts) |
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