fight the BUFF

in my perusal of “street art” websites I often come across lots of crap. however, i was rather excited to find a blog dedicated to the anti-graffiti movement or art of graffiti removal, which is known as THE BUFF. The great part about BUFFING is that given the right conditions, it too becomes a form of street art. this occurance is often attributed to:

1. not having the correct color of paint which matches the canvas’ original color.

2. realizing point 1 and trying to do your best to make the tagged facade acceptable by buffing in large geometrical patterns.

3. trying to just buff out the tag, by painting a similar color over it so that the original tag is recognizable.

at any rate the buffing blog has only gotten started, but i can foresee it acquiring a similar status to the banksy sister site (pictures on walls). read the blog and see some examples here.