Riverside Graffitti. Photo: Michael Imlay
Ride along the Glendale Narrows Bike Path to its southern terminus, and you’ll find these colorful, life-size scribblings “decorating” a Golden State Freeway overpass of the L.A. River.
Taggings. Photo: Michael Imlay
Similar graffiti graces another bridge approach just beyond the bikeway (left).
So how should we label these taggings? Guerilla art or urban blight?
To me, graffiti is like a paisley outfit from the 1960s — criminal, ugly and rarely acceptable in polite society.
But you can’t stop people from breaking the rules, and much as I hate to admit it, sometimes you have to grudgingly admire an inherent artistry in what they pull off.
I’m just not convinced this is one of those times.
