Artist Draws 'clean' Graffiti From Dirty Walls

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Artist Draws 'Clean' Graffiti from Dirty Walls

Some British Officials See Moose's Handiwork as Vandalism

Morning Edition, July 15, 2004 · A British street artist known as Moose creates graffiti by cleaning dirt from sidewalks and tunnels -- sometimes for money when the images are used as advertising. But some authorities call it vandalism.

Moose, whose real name is Paul Curtis, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that he got the idea when he saw that people had written their names with their fingers on dirty tunnel walls in his hometown of Leeds. Moose does some freehand drawing, but also uses the grid from wall tiles to create perfect shapes and letters.

The tools are simple: A shoe brush, water and elbow grease, he says.

British authorities aren't sure what to make of the artist who is creating graffiti by cleaning the grime of urban life. The Leeds City Council has been considering what to do with Moose. "I'm waiting for the kind of Monty Python court case where exhibit A is a pot of cleaning fluid and exhibit B is a pair of my old socks," he jokes.

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heres his website

[Topo]

Cool... saw an artical in the news oter day showing some really good art work on dirty cars.

Edited September 25, 2006 by thumbs

[Percy]

excellent man that moose

[StonedBrittania]

cool

[fummo]

Great idea, shame its commercial advertising though.

[Guest N30SS]

So lets get this clear (and to stop me reading this whole thing), he cleaned dirt in a way to create an image? my god, I thought cannabis being illegal was bad enough. Most people would pay for that

[THC4METOO]

I likes it

[zooted]

even though its cleaning dirt of a surface and not leaving any permenent marks, they still try and call it vandalism? some authorities are stupid cunts