Street Art Or Graffiti In Malta

Walking one evening while in Malta I saw the above street art as we crossed the road at a pedestrian crossing in Sliema.  The fish eating, or swallowing the man's head amused me as, of course, did the name 'Perry' underneath.

During our stay we discovered a further selection of street art - or some would call it graffiti. Some of it is excellent. Most were on walls but the final example was on a kind of large electrical box and as I took the photo two policemen on motorbikes slowed down to see what I was doing - as they couldn't see the picture from the road. I must have a suspicious look about me!

Thee three blue pictures were all together, perhaps the artist is concerned that Malta is sinking below the sea. The one above though reminded me of my grandson, as we have a photo of him swimming under water when he was just a few months old.

And I guess, love can be strange.

That's it for today.

Other Malta Posts:
A Pilgrimage To St Paul's Grotto In Rabat, Malta
Valletta: The City Built By The Knights of the Order of St John
5000 Year Old Tarxien Temples Found In Malta By Farmers Ploughing Their Fields

The Irony Of Graffiti & Vandalism

And more 67 Not Out posts featuring graffiti or street art:
Travelling To Infinity And Beyond With Graffiti
Ants In The Pursuit Of Happiness
Where Does Graffiti End And Street Art Begin?

Banksy, on the Thekla social entertainment boat, Bristol, England

12 Random Photos Of North Devon

Summer Lovin' street art - I liked the square to look thro' to see the river

Okay, I promise that I won't bore you with any more photos of my recent break in North Devon, er, other than with this post.

The photos are completely random, there's no particular message or subject matter.

More street art with that almost Illuminati eye

Chickens! The angel's tummy says. 'Joy remains forever in the heart'

A wonky cottage bedroom door

The Pannier Market Barnstaple

Traditional Morris dancers dancing in the street, also in Barnstaple

Music for dancers - you can also go to Barnstaple 'with flowers in your hair'

Father's Day: my son remembered - the beer is Cornish Blonde, she tasted good!

Sign on a fish van reads: 'Wanted Good Woman must be able to clean,
cook, sew, dig worms and clean fish. Must have boat and motor.
Please send picture of boat and motor'

Seagull sitting on a wall with his friend the crow

Strange sculptures in a pub garden in Lynton

Finally, the cottage where we stayed, taken on a dull day as we left for home

That's it, finally - honest! But a reminder of some of the other Devon Posts:
The Photo Of The Ghost Of Broomfield Cottage Tawstock
The Red Sky And The Invasion Of The Scarecrows
The Strange Orbs And Mysterious Coincidences Of Tawstock

Where Does Graffiti End And Street Art Begin?

So when does graffiti turn into street art, and aren't we surrounded by it wherever we look?

"Is it a coincidence that graffiti was spawned in New York, arguably the world's most advertising saturated and simultaneously most media savvy city? One can argue that graffiti is the by-product of a society inundated with advertising. After all, both seek to do just that. Advertising and graffiti function on a Phenomenological dimension to awaken the viewer's curiosity. On one level they rely on the sheer amount of coverage and penetration, and on a deeper one they rely on the quality of the delivery to embed themselves into the human consciousness."

~ Alex Kataras

Banksy Street Art at Wood Green High Road, London

Gomes Graffiti

Other Graffiti or Street Art Posts:
Travelling To Infinity And Beyond With Graffiti
Food For Thought: Peas Or Peace
Ants In The Pursuit Of Happiness

Travelling To Infinity And Beyond With Graffiti

I know I shouldn't, but I like some forms of graffiti - or should it be called street art? The picture above I saw in Ibiza and there's something about it that appealed to me for some reason.

Then I noticed the 'message' below, which isn't easy to read but it says:

INFINITY
I want to go to infinity
and beyond .. I want to
fly in the skies and swim
in the seas. I want to be
as free as a bird and
as wild as a horse.
I have happy and sad
moments. I am happy.
Well at least I think
so. There is just
one thing
that's missing
and that's you ... I
think you know who
you are ... With you
I want to go to infinity
and beyond and never
turn back.

Yes, I know it's a bit naff, and I must be getting a bit soft, but at the time the picture and the words seemed to fit together. Or maybe it was the sunshine and too many glasses of red wine. In the cold light of day it's maybe not quite so special at all, except for the people concerned. But that's as with much of life.

Ants In The Pursuit Of Happiness

In principle I suppose I don't approve of graffiti but sometimes it can be amusing or even meaningful and artistic.

I saw these graffiti, or maybe it's street art, examples in Crete. The first is on rock face steps which have the legend 'This way for Pursuit Of Happiness'. The ants have certainly taken this message to heart. There is a constant stream of them crossing the words - as can be seen by the enlarged section of the photo below. They are even taking their young with them in pursuit of happiness!


But some street art is a bit classier as these two from someone who signs as Gouro. Both found on walls in Crete.