Nagoya attacked by avant guard artists in the mist of aerosol, new news ?
It would also seem that the frontline is preparing for the final onslaught,
a rampage where good meets evil in the final battle for freedom of
expression when art has made its self an established currency.
First though Japan must rid itself from all that junk they bought in the
80's believing it was art, and she must also learn that one does not purchase
art for the sole purpose of it increasing in value, but for the sake of actually
spiritually, intellectually and un intellectually having interest and would
perceive to be enjoying that work of art for a long time to come.
If this intention is not in the equation then the sole purpose of the purchase
would be an intention of ill, un knowledgable to the reasons of art,
but for its decorative and monetary qualities.
The news below reads like taking the piss as one would say, as not to taunt
the soldiers, playing it down yet trying to give it a somewhat uplifting appeal
with the mention of the forefront, So is this an invitation to The Second Bombing
of Babylon ?
Nagoya latest victim of graffiti attack on outside of subway train
A Nagoya Municipal Subway train found tagged with graffiti on Oct. 26. (Photo courtesy of the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau)
NAGOYA -- Graffiti that has been troubling subway trains in five cities since September this year was also found on a subway car here on Oct. 26, city officials said.
According to the Nagoya City Transportation Bureau, the graffiti was spotted on the Higashiyama Line's first train in the morning of Oct. 26, which left Takabata Station at around 6 a.m. A railway worker became aware of the problem after the train stopped at Shin-Sakaemachi.
The graffiti, which spelled "MTGS" in pink curvy letters, covered approximately 5.8 meters on the second car from the front.
According to investigators, the way the perpetrator(s) entered the facility is unknown, because all entrances to all Higashiyama Line stations had been closed after the arrival of the last train the night before. The train in question was the last train to arrive at Takabata Station the previous day and had been there throughout the night.
According to art-related sources, the writing style resembles a kind of graffiti, often considered as avant-garde art, which was popular in the U.S. in the 1980s.
"We had been in contact with other cities' transportation bureaus and were just beginning to enforce patrols around our own railway facilities. This is the first time in decades to find graffiti on a subway car here," said a Nagoya City Transportation Bureau official.
Similar cases have been reported in Osaka, Fukuoka, Kobe, Sendai and Sapporo since September this year.
The graffiti on the Nagoya subway line and that on the Fukuoka train were identical, sources say.
Click here for the original Japanese story(Mainichi Japan) October 27, 2011
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