The book I am doing will focus on graffiti and not street art. But you may ask, isnt that the same thing? The answer is no.
Graffiti is about writing your name more stylishly, bigger, better and in more places than anyone else. There is an intense focus on typography and letter formation. Street art, as far as I understand it, is about pushing a concept on the steet or giving some kind of message, even if that message is as simple as “I want to make this wall look more colourful”. Obviously like anything there are grey areas in between and many artists crossover between the two.
I believe that Cape Town’s most commited “wall painters” have mostly been graffiti artists and not street artists, hence the focus of this book. Even if street art is not my focus, it is still fun to look at.
This picture is of a mural in Woodstock by Black Koki as part of the I Art Woodstock mural project curated A Word of Art.
