Western Addition – Pastime

 Posted by on August 10, 2011
Aug 102011
 
Western Addition – San Francisco
Corner of Franklin, Page and Market Street

It is no secret that I consider graffiti to be an art form.  Do not confuse that with tagging, (those single color scribbles) or bombing (just really, really large tags) which fall into a whole other category.  But the question is, where does graffiti leave off and art begin.  I can not, nor do I want to, answer that question.  The above is why I am on this subject.  This fabulously colored wall is by a graffiti artist known as Pastime.  So is this just graffiti, or is it a fabulous piece of art?

Pastime is a member of the Lords.  According to Graffiti blog Graffhead the:

LORDS Production Crew has been operating in San Francisco for almost two decades, manipulating the stark walls of the urban landscape to make the wasteland a tad more livable for those of us lucky enough to notice and appreciate their nocturnal artwork. For example, the wall across from Amoeba Records on Haight is one of their collaborative murals, generally referred to as “productions” in graffiti lingo. LORDS members have been featured in the documentary ‘Piece By Piece’ (chronicling 20 years of SF graffiti), as well as the independent feature film ‘Quality of Life’ (a fictional drama about SF graffiti writers).

I have borrowed the following photograph from Fatcap another graffiti blog.
This is what all the work I have ever seen by Pastime looks like.  So again, the question: When does tagging become graffiti become art?
This piece is no longer available for viewing, the building has been torn down.

  2 Responses to “Western Addition – Pastime”

  1. Fabulous is the world.

  2. Aaahhh. I meant: fabulous is the word!

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