Shibuya is the holy place of the graffiti! ?

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There is a "city bus Shibuya garage before" the Meiji street from Shibuya Station on the way towards the Ebisu district. If by chance walk pass this garage, clean paint on the walls of the concrete was dirty thin, had been subjected to before.

When I checked on the Internet, I was able to find the news, such as the following.

"" A safe city "Shibuya hope in the mural."　（東京新聞　8月3日付）
"Huge mural start of the city bus from today!"　（日本デザイナー学院ブログ）

Students underwriting of Nippon Designer Gakuin the request of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Shibuya police, seems to have created a huge mural that also extends to the length of 50 meters along with the children of the local elementary school and junior high school. Only in daily graffiti to see in the city there are many things Odoodoroshii, or bird purchase, or There are lion, ... or swimming fish, is really elementary school pretty painting had shined in blue sky that was the end of the rainy season. For the children, it would have become good memories of summer vacation.

Anyway, illegal graffiti that dirty the city is in, which is a social problem, also gradually beginning to be of interest legal graffiti art that goes beyond the level of graffiti in recent years. Previously, of the NPO KOMPOSITION representative that appeared in key person of this Web siteGenichi TeraiMs. open as canvas legally artists Shibuya of the city, we are actively involved in activities that support young artists while contributing to anti-graffiti. Graffiti has been born from the original underground illegal cultural scene as well, but there's certainly a way growing recognition as gradually "art". For example, in London, of the world-renowned graffiti artistsBanksyThe graffiti that John Travolta and Samuel · L · Jackson of the movie "Pulp Fiction" drew has a banana instead of a gun, would erase Transport for London is mistaken with graffiti, from fans enough to be going on incidents that bought a large boo. Not reckoned a mere graffiti anymore, perhaps you have arrived this era.

reference:Graffiti map in Shibuya(Legal, including those of illegal)

Well speaking of the end to the wall, here recently, opportunity to see a poster that "from Hachiko to Taro." In Shibuya Station has been increased. This is in PR exercise to try to bid the mural work "," Myth of Tomorrow, "which drew Taro Okamoto in Mexico in the 1960s to Shibuya (Bid project official page). Because it was open to the public in Shiodome and NTV in 2006, there may be a large number of people who have been viewing it directly. Because it is a huge mural that extends to 5.5 meters in height and 30 meters in width, it will be no doubt that it will be a new item in Shibuya. By the way, the installation location seems to be planning the communication passage connecting INOKASHIRA LINE and JRYAMANOTE LINE so far.

From painting in elementary school up to Taro Okamoto, but I think that there is also a variety of opinion, Shibuya you might be in the Holy Land in the future global graffiti art.

Editorial department · Fuji Itakashi

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