Trung, the owner of a house in District 1, is also unhappy about the graffiti. “They never do it in the daytime because they don’t want to be seen." said, adding that she has been threatened when trying to intervene. “They are always young and work in pairs to draw graffiti from midnight until dawn," B.
They seem happy to destroy other people’s property,” a local newspaper seller said.ī., a drink vendor in District 1, said she has seen many of these graffiti artists in action. Regardless of whether the graffiti is done by a local or a foreigner, the city’s residents are not particularly happy with the new coat of paint that has descended on the city. GPS CREW is known for tagging hard-to-reach places, such as above the entrance to an underpass on Nguyen Huu Canh Street. GPS CREW, a collective of foreign graffiti artists who go by the nicknames Sixte, Mate, and Answer, have tagged walls along the Nguyen Huu Canh overpass and doors, bridges, and electric poles on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Tran Hung Dao Streets in District 1.
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In just a few hours they can cover dozens of doors, walls, and windows in spray paint.īut Graffiti in Ho Chi Minh City is not limited to locals.
These graffiti artists are so prolific because they can put up a tag in just a few minutes and then move onto the next one. Other well-known graffiti artists in Ho Chi Minh City include FBS, Daga, Kasp, and Draco. Kant, a young graffiti artist, has gained particular social media notoriety for posting photos of his graffiti on trucks, doors, and buses. Many even upload newspaper articles which criticize the city’s graffiti scene to Instagram alongside captions that challenge the narrative that graffiti is vandalism. The young graffiti artists Tuoi Tre reporters spoke to are proud of their work – they consider it an important part of the city’s art culture. They continued spray-painting the neighborhood until about 2:00 am when a security guard asked them to leave. Usually, one member of the group takes photos and records videos for social media while the others paint. "We buy cans of spray paint that cost VND60,000 because the artwork turns out better.” “Cans of spray paint which cost VND30,000-40,000 are ok, but not great," said Duy, a graffiti artist originally from Da Nang City who goes by the nickname 'Quata.'
In their bags, the group carries spray paint for tagging walls and paint markers for signing their work. The five members of the group shared that they are all residents of Thu Duc City and typically park their motorbikes near 23/9 Park in District 1 before heading out on foot to tag the city. Photo: Hoang Loc / Tuoi TreĪ few days later, on August 21, the same reporters met another group of graffiti artists who had been tagging houses, power transformers, and walls on Bui Thi Xuan, Cach Mang Thang Tam, Suong Nguyet Anh, Ton That Tung, and Nguyen Trai Streets.
While tagging a bus stop on Nguyen Huu Canh Street at 4:30 am, two criminal police officers threatened to bring the group to a nearby police station, but eventually just let the group go.Ī graffiti artist paints a bus stop on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Ho Chi Minh City. The next few hours included stops to tag walls near the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, bus stops on Nguyen Huu Canh and Le Thanh Ton Streets, and dustbins. With their graffiti completed, the group moved on to an underpass under the Nguyen Huu Canh Bridge, where two of the young men spent 30 minutes painting a fierce-looking pit bull while the other two kept watch. In the wee hours of August 18, the four artists descended on Nguyen Sieu and Ton Duc Thang Streets in District 1 where they were quick to cover a rolling door with a spray-painted purple-and-yellow fire hydrant shape and a power transformer station with a ferocious pit bull image.Īll four of the graffiti artists arrived on foot, explaining that it was easier to flee the scene if needed. Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters recently caught up with four local graffiti artists. The so-called 'graffiti artists' responsible for giving Ho Chi Minh City its unwanted fresh coat of paint include both Vietnamese and foreigners who roam the city in the early morning hours looking for a clean wall to tag. 1 had already been completely blanketed in graffiti, though it is hardly surprising given just how widespread graffiti culture has become in the city, with tags covering thousands of walls, buildings, bus stops, vehicles, and even the newly opened Thu Thiem 2 Bridge. Within weeks of their purchase, the new railcars purchased for Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.
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