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Wall-Art

Graffiti, street art, strange signs and murals in Elsewhere

Sign in Suva's central market, Fiji
Political graffiti in Venice, in the old Jewish ghetto area where day-trippers never go.
Political graffiti in Venice, somewhere off the main tourist tramping grounds.
Wall art in Seoul, South Korea. You don't see much but what there is . . .
Signs we don't see much of anymore. Italy.
Antique-cum-junk shop in Paeroa, New Zealand. The secondhand capital of the country, apparently.
De Niro comes to Darwin, and isn't happy about it.
Of course a motel room in Taupo, New Zealand would have this on its wall.
This van-hire company in Australia's Northern Territory made sure you could find the vehicle in a parking lot.
At the Dunk (Nike-sponsored) Gallery in Seoul
Sign in pidgin in Vanuatu, and easy to understand actually.
The cheap guest house in Brunei was clear enough
At Pompeii, Italy
Loyalists not royalists in Dunedin hailing the legendary local band
Unnaturally cruel guest house art in alcohol-free Brunei
The Little Tramp obviously enjoyed Darwin, Australia.
Short people are rounded up in the South Island of New Zealand?
At a cemetery between Melbourne and Eureka.
At Paeroa, New Zealand: the birthplace of the famous fizzy drink Lemon & Paeroa
People from the big city of Auckland (all wealthy apparently) pay more at this rural cinema in Northland, New Zealand
Signs which should be everywhere: this in a junk shop in Melbourne
Isleton in central California, quiet -- until they have the annual crawfish festival.
Lobby of the literary-inclined Sylvia Beech Hotel in Oregon
These signs are all over the Pacific North West. Never once saw a deer.
The symmetrical Coventry Dairy in Paeroa, New Zealand
The crest of Vanuatu with the motto in the local dialect
Toilet block at Leigh, north of Auckland, New Zealand
Signs old and new at the Leigh Sawmill north of Auckland, NZ
Graffiti at one of Serge Gainsbourg's houses in Paris
In case of attack, get your gas mask from this dispenser in a station in suburban Seoul.
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Mural in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Seafood for sale in coastal Oregon
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Mural celebrating the history of Alice Springs in central Australia
What had parenting come to in South Korea of the 50s
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Shower curtain somewhere in New Zealand
Posters in Dunedin, New Zealand
Graffito in Buenos Aires
Wall messages in Buenos Airies
Attractive Aberdeen where Kurt Cobain grew up.
Graffiti on a wall in Kuala Lumpur.
On an abandoned building in Darwin, Australia - home to many stencil artists it seems
Graffiti in Darwin, Australia
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Buenos Aires
Mural and graffiti in Buenos Aires
Mural in Buenos Aires
Paintings in a restaurant, Buenos Aires
Tile art in the Eva Peron museum, Buenos Aires
Wall tiles in the Eva Peron museum, Buenos Aires
Advertising billboard, Buenos Aires
Record shop window, San Telmo market, Buenos Aires
Formula 1 and futbol club matchboxes in a market in Buenos Aires
Stencil art in Palermo, Buenos Aires
Shop front in Colonia, Uruguay
On a church wall, Colonia, Uruguay
Roof sign in San Telmo, Buenos Aires
Wine labels on a wall in a restaurant in Buenos Aires
Graffiti on a poster in Surfers Paradise, Australia
In La Boca, Buenos Aires. A local hero acknowledged
Dumfries, Scotland. Tempting.
Shadows, light and surveillance. Auckland, New Zealand
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Say what you mean, Lyttelton in New Zealand
Stencil project by school students in Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, a city of throw-ups and murals post-quake
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Political comment, post-quake in Lyttelton
Lyttelton poster
Post-quake Christchurch, New Zealand

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