A common sight in Paris are these vans owned by private people that are targets for graffitti. This one is a friend's of mine. She actually likes it but when driving around gets stopped by the police alot. She did not do the painting so askes the police if they stop her because her van is "tagé" (graffitteed.) There is not much graffitti on street level or on monuments like you see in Italy but there are these trucks AND on the walls up above the roofs of buildings there are alot of graffitti paintings. I guess painting on private property is less punishible than on public. Who knows.
Comments (7)
Angie, I have quite a collection of graffiti foto's.
nice job they did on your friends van!
I like the word TAGE', I am not sure if in english or italian. they say tagged.
Posted by Diva | March 3, 2008 7:03 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 19:03
There's an artist who creates tiny little pieces of street art in Paris-they're little tiles he sticks onto buildings. There are a few in the Marais, and I've also seen them in Montparnasse.
Posted by Amy | March 3, 2008 9:25 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 21:25
Do people paint other peoples vans without their permission?
Posted by girasoli | March 4, 2008 12:44 AM
Posted on March 4, 2008 00:44
Angie, if your friend finds out who tagged her car, send them to St. Louis.
I have an 11 year old white van with 112,000 miles on it.
It could use a face lift!
Posted by Deborah | March 4, 2008 3:19 AM
Posted on March 4, 2008 03:19
Amy, I haven't seen those tiles but lots of pochoirs - stencil stuff from the 70's.
Girasoli, yes it's like little fairies working in the night. You look for your white truck in the morning to find it painted. And what is amazing is that they don't paint the scene in one night.
Deborah, I"ll tell my friend to find the guy. OR you could just send your van over here and park it somewhere for a month or so.
Posted by angie | March 4, 2008 10:49 AM
Posted on March 4, 2008 10:49
I'm really in shock that people actually paint other people's cars!
Posted by girasoli | March 5, 2008 8:55 AM
Posted on March 5, 2008 08:55
Girasoli, you should see how many trucks are painted. It is almost automatic that if you have a van it gets painted.
Posted by angie | March 5, 2008 1:18 PM
Posted on March 5, 2008 13:18