Gwenn since you are a devote of graffiti as am I, I made a special show for you. I've mentioned in my blog that there is a section of Mockva called the Arbat which is a pedestrian mall that feels somewhat like a cross betrween Times Square and the Village. There are always musicians playing and hawking their latest CDs and artists selling their paintings and sketches. And, when it's warmer there are street performers, although not quite as good as you'll see in Central Park or Washington Square Park.
Yesterday, I took another walk down and around the Arbat actually looking for Christmas scenes when I shifted my focus and started looking for and shooting graffiti. The more I ducked into side streets and alleyways, the more I found.
There is very good graffiti on the Arbat itself and even better stuff on building walls a block or two off the Artbat, often near playgrounds, of which there are many. These guys are really good artists. The colors they use are vibrant and rival and sometimes surpass New York City graffiti. These aren't drive-by, hit-and-run paintings. In some cases there is background prep that by itself, must have taken hours to do, presumably under cover of darkness, which is in ample supply here in Moscow. So if you're interested download it from my site. The filename is: arbat_graffiti.exe. It's currently the last entry as of December 8th. Remember to download it first to your PC and then click on it.
Since others might like to take a look I'm going to post this message on my blog.
Hope you like the show.
Andy aka Борис
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