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Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti Part 12

Ms. Babble — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:58:32 +0000

Another HUGE and beautiful tag by AME72:

The complete archive of my Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti series can be found here.

Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti Part 10

Ms. Babble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:58:41 +0000

Another life size tag discovered during one of my runs along the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv. Even though this one may be pushing the line between a spray painted tag and a painting, I noticed the same taggers name appears next to this one as it does for many others.

The complete archive of my Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti series can be found here.

Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti Part 9

Ms. Babble — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:19:55 +0000

Perhaps my favorite piece of graffiti so far is the hooded and masked man (or woman?) walking a masked dog.

Brilliant.

I’m also impressed by its size. It’s nearly to scale. Note the size of the soda can in the lower right hand corner of the picture. Most tags I come across in Tel Aviv can fit on 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper. This one is massive compared to the others.

Again, brilliant.

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The complete archive of my Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti series can be found here.

Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti Part 8

Ms. Babble — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:59:12 +0000

oops!!! Last weeks Tagged Tuesday got skipped.

Never fear! This week features TWO tags:

(above) Gas Mask Man at Frischman Street and Rabin Square. This piece references the gas masks distributed to the general population when Saddam Husein was threatening biological war with Israel. (note: The newspaper he’s reading is the sports page: ×¡×¤×•×¨×˜)

And to the immediate left of the Gas Mask Man was a familiar duck:

(above) Dudu Geva’s cartoon duck. See my previous post about this cartoonist here.

The complete archive of my Tagged Tuesday: Israeli Graffiti series can be found here.

Tagged Tuesday!! Israeli Graffiti Part 7

Ms. Babble — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:00:37 +0000

I’m posting two pictures of this weeks tag because I wanted to show the relative size that most pieces of graffiti come in here. I find it strange that such creative (and often meaningful) tags are made relatively miniature compared to their North American cousins.

The word next to Martin Luther King, Jr. translates to “The Messenger”.