Hua Hin: Khao Tao residents furious - legitimate artwork defaced by "serial graffiti artist"

 

Image: 77kaoded

 

Residents of Khao Tao in the Hua Hin area are furious that one of their well known artworks has had an addition.

 

A black figure with one eye has been added to a picture on a wall of a blue shark.

 

The original picture is one of many in the area promoting street art and is a source of pride for the locals.

 

A Facebook poster called "Ritzy Kriengklai Jangsewang" called it inappropriate and damaging for a great piece of street art.

 

Some of the 100,000 people who are members of a Hua Hin Facebook group agreed but some didn't.

 

Some felt it was perfectly Ok - just another expression of street art.

 

Others called it dirty and impolite and defacing an artist's work.

 

77kaoded said that the figure on the shark bore a striking resemblance to similar figures that have been drawn on walls, lampposts and signage all over the Hua Hin area. It appears that a serial graffiti artist is at work.

 

Source: 77kaoded

 

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as an artist i know how i would feel if someone did this to my work...

 

but that being said it is a public work and space so it is a free for all. and there was some though given to it. 

 

and yes the one eyed artwork is all over HH. I like it.

 

better than gang graffiti like we have in California which i despise.   

Edited February 22, 20206 yr by NCC1701A

I think it adds to the art work.  A big improvement 

looks nice

Cool. Thailand needs more one-eyed ninjas.

Is Banksy having a few weeks off in Hua Hin?

 

If so, I wonder what name he put on his TM card?

 

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I know this wannabe Streetartist. He has defaced hua for years and seems to be under species protection here. His "art" is rather banal. I would rather call it vandalism. He has already "embellished" my wife's shop. he is known to the police, but they does nothing.

Edited February 22, 20206 yr by ujayujay

Looks far more interesting now, was a bit of a <deleted> shark to be honest.

Edited February 22, 20206 yr by rwdrwdrwd

Maybe painting the entire ugly ass grey wall would the biggest improvement of all.