Synopsis: The Exe Bridges have been officially decorated with high quality graffiti artwork. I stumbled upon the paintings whilst taking an afternoon stroll by the river. Project commissioned by the council.
This is going to be an unusual blog posting for me. It’s all about the decoration of the Exe Bridges by graffiti artists, and reportedly it’s official. I was simply out for an afternoon stroll when I glanced from the parapet of one of the Exe Bridges and the artwork caught my eye, so I stopped to take a closer look and snapped some photos with my mobile phone. I’ve no idea what the technique is to create these images. Some of the artwork hardly looks like graffiti, such as the black & white portrait below.
As I stood taking photos of a number of the pieces of artwork a cyclist stopped and asked what I thought of the work. I said I was very impressed with the highly imaginative images which were very bold, vibrant and eye-catching. The cyclist explained to me that it was a ‘Fighting graffiti with graffiti’ initiative commissioned by Devon County Council. Apparently the project had been completed over the previous weekend.
When he’d queried what could be done to prevent the works being destroyed by over painting, he had been told that all the graffiti artists about Exeter had been recruited for the project, and therefore it is hoped that won’t happen. Seems pretty shrewd move to me. I’ve included a small selection of my favourite images here in this post, others can be seen in my Flickr photo set (link above). Or better still, take a moment out when you’re next down by Exe Bridges and see firsthand. View video Exe Jam (Youtube).
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