Reverse Graffiti

The idea of reverse graffiti is perfect for all the people out there who really feel like graffiti is a horrible, destructive thing that needs to be vanquished from our society. Unlike graffiti, reverse graffiti requires no spraypaint or sneaking around. It can be done with nothing but water and a rag. In a sense reverse graffiti is nothing more than cleaning. The process of creating a work of reverse graffiti includes finding something that is very dirty, and cleaning off the dirt in certain designs or patterns. Moose, a reverse graffiti artist, recently worked on the Reverse Graffiti Project, a San francisco project promoting a plant-based cleaner. Here are some pictures of the outcome:

Another reverse graffiti artist is Alexandre Orion. Orion uses his works as environmental messages, as ways to promote green lifestyles.
One of Alexandre Orion's works of reverse graffiti was done in a Sao Paolo tunnel. He cleaned a number of skulls onto the tunnel wall with nothing but water and cloth, with the idea of reminding those driving in the tunnel of the consequenses of their emissions.

Sand Sculptures

Again I return to the idea of art that is created to be destroyed.

Sand castles are something that most of us (living so close to the coast) have some kind of experience with; but what about sand sculptures? I recall seeing some pretty intense sand sculptures at the annual VA beach music festival a few years back (they were having a contest) but I didn't take any pictures. This article has a handful of sand-sculpture photos taken in Norfolk, VA. This foreign web page has a magnificent collection of sand sculptures.

The level of dedication that these people put into building something so temporary is amazing to me.
Here are some of my favorite pictures:

Christian Faur

Christian Faur is an artist who who
uses a number of different techniques and ideas in his work. The technique that struck me was his crayon-composite images.
His webpage states "Because of the three-dimensional nature of the crayons, the individual surface images appear to change form as one moves about the gallery space. The images completely disappear when viewed from close up, allowing one to read the horizontally sequenced crayon text and to take in the beautifully colored crayon tips"

Here are my favorite images~