I just walked out of the local butcher here in Lagos, Portugal this morning and detected two new murals. Although I´ve been here many times I haven´t seen them so before.
They looked promising from the distance so I got out of the car again to take some photos..
As I came closer I discovered something unusual. That mustache does not look like it was painted by the original artist, that by the way is Tars8Two, an artist I featured in one of my previous posts.
https://peakd.com/hive-184784/@betterthanhome/cccs-street-art-contest-57-tars8two-lagos-portugal
So in my opinion, the moustache, the tears as well as the crossed crown on the left side are crossings of that beautiful piece of art. The crossed crown could mean a targeted diss against the artist as he uses a crown in his tag.
Same you could see on the other side of that building. Beautiful mural, but crossed with absolute nonsense.
I think that this is just simply stupid and most likely comes from people who don´t have talent. My guess is, that it was the same people who tried to be artists on the long side of that building. As you can see, they´re not really that good. :)
While crossing usually means the following "The spraying of someone else's tags - also known as crosses - is seen as an insult. Especially in the gang subculture of the United States, tags are used to mark the territory of a street gang.", I´m pretty sure here it´s just about envy and stupidity.
If you ever think about doing something that stupid...let it be.
There are also tears under his right eye, which probably also were not painted by the original artist. But I would still not call this vandalism, but rather an "extension" of a painting, because these are also arts, and they became the part of the painting. The "second painter" did not ruined, nor damaged the painting. He/she simply made additions to it. That mustache and the tears made the painting somewhat funny. Of course this depends on the viewpoint. This is my opinion.
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Thank for sharing 😊 it is a shame to see the crossing. Luckily they didn’t destroy the entire piece.
Looks like envy to me too.
Yes, it´s not that bad, have seen it worse. The moustache even doesn´t look that bad :)
You are right… it doesn’t look that bad on it 😎
Haha, pretty cool love them just want to thank you @betterthanhome for your support over the year wishing you and family a very happy new year 😊
Thank you so much. Same to you. Fingers crossed next year is getting better for all of us. :)
That would be nice hopefully we do see better times .... Cheers buddy 👍
Beautiful works... It's the game of Street Art, it's ephemeral and some people need recognition by crossing. But I think it can be done while respecting the original work. As you said, a shame.
Thanks for sharing these pics on The StreetArt Community.
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