West Pier Jesus

April 24, 2007 in Youth Work with 4 Comments



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Originally uploaded by markbarkaway.


Mark Barkaway posted this photo of a creative bit of graffiti on Brighton’s derelict West Pier. Brilliant!

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4 Responses to “West Pier Jesus”

  1. Rich Lush April 26, 2007 at 11:40 am #

    umm….can we support that or not? grafitt on public property = illegal,
    Kewl Jesus artwork = sweet :D

    it’s a gray area i feel

    http://richieboylush.blogspot.com

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  2. Rich Lush April 26, 2007 at 11:40 am #

    umm….can we support that or not? grafitt on public property = illegal,
    Kewl Jesus artwork = sweet :D

    it’s a gray area i feel

    http://richieboylush.blogspot.com

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  3. Jon April 26, 2007 at 4:53 pm #

    Good point Richieboy! Although West Pier is being demolished so the stencil will only be a temporary addition. Besides after the Banksy mural was painted over last week there’s a big debate over what is vandalism and what constitutes art…

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  4. Jon Jolly April 26, 2007 at 4:53 pm #

    Good point Richieboy! Although West Pier is being demolished so the stencil will only be a temporary addition. Besides after the Banksy mural was painted over last week there’s a big debate over what is vandalism and what constitutes art…

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