If you look closely you can still find reminders of Grift’s legacy in Dublin. Grift, who was involved with the ICN (InCogNito) and RCS (RadiCalS) crews, was one arguably one of the most famous and influential graffiti artists in the city’s history.
I spotted this in carving on a side of a table in The Globe Bar just before Christmas.
Some of Grift’s pieces:
credit - Crucial333
credit - matthew byrne
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
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Isn’t that called vandalism?
Influential? – more like destructive. Writing grift everywhere is not bloody art.
That chap had/has no respect for historical structures or art. No message was conveyed, no creativity involvesd, just a human dog going around pissing on lamposts and leaving others to pick up the tab for its removal.
Dublin is littered with these idiot ‘taggers’ who deface walls and structures with squiggles of spray paint. I even saw recently a brilliant mural of father jack near portabello and some scumbag comes along and paints a tag on his face.
I hope this grift idiot is thinking over his stupidity for a while in the Joy. Where does he get the money for the cans anyway? – bloody expensive so they are.
Tough crowd!
he used to get in to awkward nooks and crannys and up on some very visible areas. it was a shame i thouht he only went the self promotion route, had so much potential for slappin up all kinds of weird and wonderful stuff
You should check out the stuff underneath the Bridge of Peace in Drogheda if you’re ever up that way (and if they’re still doing it), some proper murals over the years with themes ranging from the war in Iraq to Drogheda United’s FAI cup win.
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