It’s rough on the streets. On the streets, you’re on your own. When you want to do some art in the streets, you get arrested. But first, you get slapped in the face for not being original! Holy cripes you just wrote your name like everybody else. Look at this, though, this lady right here, Nina Wehrle, aka one half of “It’s Raining Elephants,” they paint boats and monkeys. Boats and monkeys! Ships and apes! Check out the whole collection of things they’ve done below, all done within the last year.

If Shepard Fairey did it, you’d better not do it. If Banksy did it, don’t do it. If Andy Warhol did it, do it over and over again. If noone’s done it, do it, do it so hard. Do it with boats, and do it with monkeys. Do it with stickers, and do it with spray. Do it with ink, and do it with paint.

And do it with class. Look at the elegance of this lovely campaign!

Made in Diplomarbeit. Good luck finding that. *EDIT: Especially since it isn’t a place! Translation FAIL on my part. See comment below by lowi. Thanks, lowi!

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5 Comments

• Posted by lowi | 01.14.10

  two little remarks.

  first: the collective isn’t called “It’s Raining Police”, but “It’s Raining Elephants” (http://www.itsrainingelephants.ch) since most people do not like the police but everybody loves elephants.

  second: “Made in Diplomarbeit” is rather wrong too, since “Diplomarbeit” means “diploma-thesis” which obviously isn’t a place. my guess is that the works were don in Luzern, because that’s where they’re based. dunno for sure though.

  otherewise you’re completely right: whatever you do, do your own thing and do it with class.

  great works.

• Posted by Chris Burns | 01.14.10

  WHOA fruedian slip. Thanks for the corrections! Looks like I need a better editor!

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