Over at the Bristol Graffiti Blog, there's a debate of sorts over "What is Art and all that?". No discussion as yet as to why people should assume they can legitimately treat someone else's property as a canvas without seeking permission, although the site author does seem to be working toward an aesthetic distinction between "tagging" and "graffiti".
Here's a picture of the Royal Mail wall box on Cotham Road. Every few months, I see Tony from the Redland and Cotham Amenities Society camped outside this box putting a fresh coat of paint on it and removing some juvenile tagging. Yet again, his restoration work has been ruined by - in this example - two passing Banksy-wannabes.
The Post Box in question, you may be interested to know, dates from between 1873-79. The "VR" cipher indicates is was cast in the reign of Queen Victoria, and a recent RCAS publication reports the foundry as "Bernard P Walker"
Here's a close up of the tag. Perhaps the local "graff" community could assist in identifying the perpetrator, or at least encourage him to buy his own canvas rather than use the nearest flat surface.
