Graffiti in and around Munich

I thought this was a rather nicely done stencil in a S-bahn shelter at Ottobrunn. I thought I´d share it. Anyone else got some good stuff? Thanks.
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Is that a bullet hole? Hope so...

Sucht" I think means "Addiction". Dunno what the message is tho'.

Or perhaps, "searching"?

There's one of those "Sucht" ones right outside my flat - I thought it was an anti-Nazi thing as I assumed (probably incorrectly) that that was a rose the 'person' is holding up...

isn't it an opium poppy?

If these people spent more time getting an education or a job and less time defacing buildings with this crap then the world would be a better place.

OK, a bit more research reveals that "Sucht" is the handle of the "artist", who remains anonymous. His/her rose stencils appear far and wide, for example this one in London

The Munich Sucht stencils have also been documented (in German) here: Sucht Stencil - which I think includes a photo of the one Jimbo is refering to.

Yep - the Blütenstr. one appeared over Christmas - I've seen people photographing it on occasion too - guess one of 'em was the author of that site.

I'm with Showem.

People hold up pieces of paper with '2 karte sucht' at the opera when they are searching for tickets for that night's performance.

Google says that 'sought' = 'gesucht'.

Perhaps that rose is a rose of peace, although a dove would work as a better image.

Thusly, the image is 'Seek Peace' which would be a political statement.

Just a guess.

I took the rose to be a white rose, hence my anti-Nazi assumptions...

Keydeck. Good point. No, really. Very good point. I think you're onto something there. Well done.

I think it's playing on several themes at once. Sucht meaning "addiction" and "longing" and the you plural imperative of "search". The opium poppy plays on the flower as peace symbol, possibly a comment on the need and longing for peace in the world at the moment, the middle east specifically as that's where most of the worlds opium comes from (I suspect). Or the addiction to war that's plaguing the planet at the moment. This impression is reinforced by the military stencil font employed.

It's not an opium poppy, in case anyone was actually duped into believing that. This is an opium poppy.

Maybe it's supposed to represent someone grasping the rose of addiction by the thorns.

I like this one as well.



And this one.

It looks like Banksy's stuff.

Just uploaded a few pictures into my gallery:
Graffiti under one of the bridges on the Isar, March 2003. Includes higher quality shots of the one posted above by Punchbear.

As for that "Sucht" stencil, I've seen it in a couple of places. Most recently on one of the bridges in the Olympiapark. No idea what it's supposed to mean.

Found this first one while out poster-hunting, and the second in Marienplatz. .. Both were really as you say... 'WTF'?

If one is 'Suchtig" one is 'seeky' (paraphrased from Cryptonomicon.) As is if you are Morphiumsuchtig, you are morphine-seeky :addicted to morphine. I often joke with my old lady that Im Fahrrad-suchtig. she agrees.
I think its a nice play on the stencil/graf set, since it can become an addiction. Many try to create a repetoire as full and well-known as Banksy. Every city has a local favorite. LA has OBEY/GIANT created by Shepard Fairey. Florida has a very talented individual named 'Algernon'.

If youre interested in what is out there... STENCIL REVOLUTION has stencils ranging from the bad and absurd to the Truly Spectacular

I guess thats all. Ill see if I can find more pics of stuff Ive seen here in Munich.

C.

On the guy-with-rose theme again - what about the most obvious meaning of a rose, the one that all you guys out there should add to your vocabulary
rose = love,
esp as its a guy holding the rose up as if to a balcony or kneeling down or something.
So: I read it as a more or less subtle personal ad: the young artist looking for luuuurve.
Sweet.

Here's some more graffitti from the artist calling themselves "Sucht"...



I came across this yesterday on the corner of Rheinstrasse and Simmernstrasse in Schwabing. I think it's nicely done but I know Keydeck won't agree.

For those not familiar with their WWII Munich history, this is a stencilled version of the now famous Sophie Scholl image. Sophie Scholl was the Munich student who denounced the Nazi regime in April 1945. She and her brother peacefully distributed flyers in the university on Ludwigstrasse. They were arrested before leaving the building and 10 days later were executed by guillotine. A film was recently made about her: Sophie Scholl - The Final Days. The same image as above is to be found printed onto paving stones where she was arrested. Photo here: Geschwister-Scholl-Platz

Found this graffiti of Sucht on a pedestrian overpass on my way to Munich.
It is outside of Munich (not sure where - somewhere along the B304 between Ebersberg and Munich-perhaps Kirchseeon/Egelharting?).

It is actually on both sides of the bridge.

@ daisy: still egelharting ( new SBahn bridge), you were actually only a 15mins drive away from my parent's home. nice area :-))))

yep, right at the edge of eglharting and kirchseeon, drive past there quite often.

The local primary school graffitti never ceases to make me chuckle:



Quality, no?

ah! Thanks Planetmoni! I thought it was a pedestrian bridge. my bad. But good to know it was in Egelharting.

edit: quality graffiti luckwad. love it.

This one made me laugh, found in the Karlsplatz toilets:

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new stncils by oliver twisted

More by Oliver Twisted

What do you think of???

It's graffiti, he should be given a fine.

I think Oliver Twisted might be Oliver Besnier in disguise. Is that your real name? Were you at The Arc on Saturday night?

Then again I might be completely wrong in which case I apologise profusely

This piece of graffiti was spotted outside Ungererbad in Schwabing. I think "Sucht" in this context means "Addiction". Not sure what the message is but the style is kinda reminiscent of the graffiti in Munich noticed by space last week. Has this kind of street art always been present in Munich or are we witnessing a new wave? Together with the Space Invaders, this graffiti is refreshingly adult and intelligent. Better than the oldschool stuff you see sprayed at S-Bahn stations. There are a number of websites documenting graffiti in Munich. One of the more interesting ones is emkaaart.de. Last year the person/people responsible for that site went around replacing newspaper box headlines with their own messages.

And click to see some Banana Graffiti from Maximilianstrasse.

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Click image for the larger version

looks like an opium poppy to me...

Banksy (from the UK) seems to take most props for kicking off the whole stencil graffiti scene. His stuff is mostly in London and Bristol, but imitations seem to be appearing everywhere.

You can check out his stuff at this site: banksy.co.uk

Stop promoting vandalism!
It's not art.

Vandalism? Then advertising is "vandalism" too. In your face adverts for beer, ladies underwear or the latest rip off scheme from a bank. Some graf looks shite, a lot of it looks good. Let's not be so bourgeois and property obscessed, eh?

My thoughts exactly grtho.

'Kunst ist schoen, alltag ist schoener'

Hay people! Recomm' reading. the-art-of-rebellion.com

Here again:
vandalism: willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property

"willful or malicious destruction"??? explain please how the addition of original artwork to our cities landscapes is destructive? would you prefer if all of your daily visual food came from tired over-used advertisment visuals and slogans, designed to stop you from have original thoughts or decisions. perhaps you should consider how wilfully destructive a typical McD's advert is to original thought. Damn fool, enjoy your 99cent lunch!

I reject everything which happens against the will of the owner. No matter what the graffiti looks like. But obviously it's not common anymore to respect other people's property.

property is theft

How jolly lofty of you! Would you have been against cave painting too? "I say, that ajoining wall belongs to my very good friend in the next cave - can you please stop with your doodlings..it doesn;t even look like a water buffallo!!"

Keep all 'art' in 'galleries' where it belongs. Hmmm perhaps then you should you tell us all what is deemed acceptable art. Simon says 'one step to the RRRRRIGHT! Lol. Gee maybe you have a point.

I envisage "marty knows whats what" stickers appearing all over town real soooon...

"Stop promoting vandalism! It's not art."

Bwaahhhaahahahaa!

"I envisage "marty knows whats what" stickers appearing all over town real soooon..."

Excellent idea - pictures of Marty Whelan with "Marty knows...". Genius.

criminal dickheads all over

Oh Mmmmmarty what have you gone and done!? You seem to have encouraged even more people to create their own ideas and slogans, print them out on their personal printer and go out and cover the city with them...ooops-a-daisy!

Somehow this is relevant.

"It's here for us to admire if we can afford the beauty of it
Can afford the luxury of turning our heads
Adjust that thousand dollars smile and behold the creation of man
Great words won't cover ugly actions - good frames won't save bad paintings.
When the day is over - Hey! - the doors are locked on us
Money buys the access - and we can't pay the cost
And how can we expect anyone to listen if we are using the same old voice?
We need new noise - new art for the real people"

Graffiti is Art. And it's tolerated by the city to a certain degree as it IS a valid form of cultural expression, it DOES lend to the citys' character and this city has already seen enough repression of Art in its' long history. Ey?

Round us up marty!!! please! Use a big rope too. Oooh whats Marty goin to do with us!? Hey marty you don't have a problem with 'alternative lifestyles too do you?'

I have to agree with Marty to some extent. If I caught someone putting graffiti on the wall on my building I'd break his (or her) vandalising fingers. Art or not, if you don't own the canvas or have permission to use it then you shouldn't.

Spot on Keydeck.

Boldboy, Punchbear - perhaps you'd like someone to come round with a crate of spray paint and turn your living room into a work of "art"?
Actually, according to you, they don't even need to ask permission.
Don't want to repress their creativity now do we?