If it were up to Josh Keyes, there wouldn’t be a surface on planet Eart (or space) that shouldn’t have graffiti on it. To show how serious he is, Keyes began with a series of paintings that show graffiti on most unusual places you can imagine. Shark, glaciers, space stations, nothing is safe in his paintings.
Of course, there is a deeper meaning to Keyes’ work, since he also tries to send a message about the relationship of humans towards nature.
“Are there things and places that graffiti should not be? Who is to say what surface is to be kept graffiti clean? My personal concern is that this will be a reality some day and speaks to a larger issue of our relationship with the natural world. The satellite and space graffiti hints that even if we colonize other worlds, what mark will we leave? No matter where we go there is evidence of our presence.” – said Keyes in one of his recent interviews.
Let’s check out some of his works below.
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