Road Art or Graffiti?
Let's take a look at art displayed on public property.
Artist Peter Gibson ( Roadsworth,) painted these pictures on the streets of Montreal in the darkness of night. He started in 2001 and remained anonymous for almost 3 years. In the beginning, he painting bicycles and bicycle symbols to show his discontent with the cities bicycle path system , but soon it grew into stenciling different and more complex designs. He would stencil zippers, power switches, etc. He attributed 9/11 as the catalyst that made him feel he had nothing to loose by painting on public property.
Many questioned whether the (anonymous at the time) painter was destroying public property, using it to make a political point, or just an artist trying to use the scenery in self expression. Roadsworth admits that the stenciling turned into an art project over time.
Artist Peter Gibson ( Roadsworth,) painted these pictures on the streets of Montreal in the darkness of night. He started in 2001 and remained anonymous for almost 3 years. In the beginning, he painting bicycles and bicycle symbols to show his discontent with the cities bicycle path system , but soon it grew into stenciling different and more complex designs. He would stencil zippers, power switches, etc. He attributed 9/11 as the catalyst that made him feel he had nothing to loose by painting on public property.
Many questioned whether the (anonymous at the time) painter was destroying public property, using it to make a political point, or just an artist trying to use the scenery in self expression. Roadsworth admits that the stenciling turned into an art project over time.
