Graffiti work has given us six examples of the artist's handiwork - with a little help from a less well-equipped artist.
One CCTV camera only 12 paces from one of the decorated benches does not appear to have been much of a deterrent.
May I suggest it is time for a different and a more imaginative approach.
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Previous attempts, as at Sunbury Cross subway, to deter graffiti by having permanent art works only displaced what had been relatively innocuous, relatively hidden and harmless graffiti work to nearby obvious locations and led to a spate of criminal damage.
Why not accept that graffiti is here to stay, unless the supply of materials employed can be stopped completely?
Why not provide graffiti hoardings for use by graffiti artists in parks and other suitable locations on which the frustrated artists can harmlessly exercise their artistic talents?
The hoardings could then be repainted, presumably in plain white, every so often, to provide a fresh backcloth for them.
In this way the paint supply, which cannot be inexhaustible, would hopefully be used up less offensively than it is at present.
A talented graffiti artist might even be found in this way.
Three of the graffiti applications have just been removed, three remain.
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