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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1993)
PhOW# toy AflffWj Dwarfed by his creation, Mez, a Eugene artist, puts on the finishing touches before signing his name GRAFFITI Continued from Page 1 color* and patterns After tfiat. artists take on larg er painting*, either "pieces." which are letters, or charm • tors." whit h are animals or pen pie. Quasar is worried that younger kids won’t get a i home to see good graffiti art and won't l>e able to continue the tradition "We'll get too old." he said "We ll lie in retirement homes painting on canvas, painting winter sunsets with dm ks," he said Although some cities have walls set aside for graffiti art, ( iomlmiski said most artists take their chant es "If vou'rt* painting and the cops come and arrest you. you don't come bat k there Usually, you end up painting in si mmny plat es," he said Quasar's contribution to the wall was an abstract picture, angular and done in blues and greens "It's kind of liken puzzle, lie said, painting over a i orner and pu king up another spray ■ an to redo a set lion be wasn't happy with "1 went over that yvhole pari bei ause it doesn't look right " "Most guys [list go and paint it up. but as you get older and start taking this stuff seriously, you have to get dedicated to not making mistakes." he said Sake, on a nearby spat e ol wall, worked on a 12-foot, i igar sinoking dm k wearing a hlu< k plaid shirt mm h like his own. minus the paint spots The pit lures have no definite boundaries, no frames, no lines to separate one from the other ‘Usually if I paint next to someone who’s a really good artist, I incorporate their work into my own. It’s a sign of respect, and it looks nicer.’ Neon, graffiti artist Kathor. eat h artisi blends his work into the painting* on either side "l 'suullv ii I paint nest to someone who's a really good artist, | incorporate their work into ms own." Neon said It's a sign of respect, and it looks no er " I'he finishing touches on the paintings are often dedications, to girlfriends, to building owners or to friends who helped with the mural The name ol the artist's i rew might also appear on the final painting (.reus, groups ol friends who paint and hang out together, lire identified by ini tells like Me/ ', crew, AIK. tor Ahstrai t Image Kids. (.eiiitnuski said Oiii e a painting is finished, it often ends up being "capped." covered with other people's tags "It's called i ripping Ins atise in the lottos there was a guy named ( ap who went around and wrote his name all over people's paint ings " (iemhinski said "But il you have all these paintings and nobody ever caps on it. people won't come and paint over it. and there's no evo lution of the wall." he soul **************** Sunderland “*“• 5lh STREET ev,OEO ^BLKMARKH ,GAM£S 683-8464 VIDEO ADVENTURE < KMU lM **' ♦^yVVVVV¥¥¥¥¥W» The Copy Shop Open Mon-Frl 8-7 Sat 18-4 Benumb Pansnoo s fatty Ryti on <3n 485-6253 Opticolor Film 135/24*1 OOASA One Day 4" Reprints 290“ IMS 1-Hr Photo 2nd Set 4’ Prints _ 99fe mas Overnight 2nd Set 3* Prints Opticolor Film 135/24*100AS A -|99 _Ml_ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON A PARTNER IN YOUR EDUCATION