New/Old Graffiti by the Wuer HSR Station

I saw a couple walls painted up right by the Taichung HSR station from the bus the other day and figured on getting back to see if there was anything else nearby. Just across the stream to the south beneath the overpass there is perhaps a .5km long wall that is 98% covered with great stuff from Four Crew and Virus No 6. Most of the stuff along the wall is dated 2007, but there's a ramp tagged 2008 on the south end. It's good to finally find where everyone has been active for the past year.

Daken Graffiti Wall

If you take Wenshin Rd out to Daken, before you get to the Daken traffic circle, there's a lovely river with cement banks on which the Team Stinky Tofu graffiti crew has been practicing their art. Thanks to Teacher Bill for the heads up.

Apart from a lot of the paint being horribly weather-worn, it looks like some good stuff is going on out there. From the road, it looks as if Omen has been at work up here. Not so. I think it's called "homage."

The names I saw up here were DABU, FREE, and LGSD. I've seen DABU in Taipei, and I now recognize Free and LGSD's tags from around town here and there. I see that the Taichung graffiti scene is not limited to just 4Crew.


I'm not sure what the significance of the A is. Every Surface Counts. I dig that. Right on, TST, I'll keep an eye peeled for ya.

Oh, here's another leftover from Ximending.

Ximending Wrap Up

This is the best of the rest, as it were. Had a great time in Taipei and we can't wait to have some free time to get back up there and check out the rest of the scene.

BBrother--Taipei, Taiwan

This is the biggest and most intricate stencil I've seen in Taiwan. I will definitely be going back to Taipei to try to find more stuff by BBrother. Shazaam! This was on a wall very near Da-An Park on Chung Xiao East Rd.

Omen Up There

This piece in Taipei's Ximending is unmistakably Omen even without the tag. I'm not sure about the blood, I think that may have been added later. I remember seeing the Curly tag in Taichung before, and DABS was all over the place in Ximending. Omen's work is understated and bold. He is a suitable counterpoint to the other guys in 4Crew whose work is usually pretty extravagant. Omen is grounded and damn near omnipresent.

Hsimending Stencils

Here are some stencils by BBrother and Granix, in Taipei. Someone mentioned BBrother awhile back. I agree, this cat is awesome.