Qype - Live and tell

Graffiti tends to divide people, but whether you view it as art or vandalism it’s hard to deny that we’re currently experiencing the kind of boom in ’street art’ that we haven’t seen since the Wild Style era.

The problem is of course that street art doesn’t tend to exist in galleries (hence the name!), so whereas Tracey Emin fans can stand around in nice warm galleries listening to an audio guide before enjoying a nice cup of tea in the cafe, street art connoisseurs have to get their walking shoes on, grab a map and go out there to hunt down their cultural fix ‘in the wild’ as it were.

Recently we’ve noticed more and more Qypers are using the site to document their favourite street art spots. Do a quick search for self-proclaimed ‘art terrorist’ Banksy and you’ll find two whole pages full of the mystery stenciler’s work from across Bristol and London.

It’s not just Banksy though. Qype is also home to some space invaders, an Oscar the Grouch and some fantastic boxing dogs.

If you’re in the capital then you might want to join the Sreet Art in London group, and if you’ve got any favourite spots of grafitti we should know about tell us about them in the comments.

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