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I've often said that there's a huge amount of talent on the streets.  It's always quite exciting (I think) when you catch the work of a good artist and see their trademark style in different places.

Ben Deker is much more than a tagger!  Tags are the artist 'names', usually done with thick black markers and repeated everywhere, like a dog weeing on lamposts to mark its territory.  Tags imo spoil the urban landscape and give graffiti a bad name.  Bottom LH corner of this photo shows the tag of the artist who put this piece on the wall, like a signature. Fine in that context, but scribbled all over the place smacks of immaturity.  Well, that's my tuppence worth!!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 12th, 2007 at 06:22:02 AM EST
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I believe (not 100% sure) that the graffiti artists in France refer to themselves as "taggers."

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Wed Sep 12th, 2007 at 06:34:05 AM EST
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Ah fair enough then. Although I think they are selling themselves short!

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Sep 12th, 2007 at 08:42:42 AM EST
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French wikipedia has a whole serie:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti

by Laurent GUERBY on Wed Sep 12th, 2007 at 02:16:21 PM EST
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Thanks for the reference.

Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Wed Sep 12th, 2007 at 03:00:07 PM EST
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