Wall

I think the owner of this house in Amsterdam was so fed up with the graffiti on his wall, he attached an iron netting and made a facade garden with flower plants. I hope it will stop the mess.

Demolition area

This  is all seen in a demolition neighbourhood in the centre of Amsterdam where lots of graffiti artists used to live.

Even the municipal planters were painted by them.

A flamingo on the wall of a now empty building.

Construction activities are in full swing.

I hope not another big tourist hotel will rise up here. People of Amsterdam need houses to live in.

Linking to "Monday Mural"

Graffiti

The Amsterdam Museum has an exhibition "Graffiti - New York meets the Dam".  I am not a great fan of graffiti but this exhibition explores graffiti as a cultural phenomenon and how American artists like Keith Haring and others influenced the Dutch artists in the 1980s.

The exhibition displays were  very realistic as if you were walking in a dark city at night.

A look in the metro tunnels where they made there paintings on the walls.

The mixing of photo's with deepness made it a very interesting exhibition I think.

Their attributes to paint with.

And a collection of their paint-stained shoes.

A book with paintings by american artist Keith Haring.

Linking to "Monday Mural"