Take a look at the following, very interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Apparently reversing graffiti is very popular. This is done as an "art statement". Have you seen any?
Here is another story of someone who worked with a conservator to reverse various layers of graffiti:
http://c-monster.net/blog1/
The 'graffiti through cleaning' is a very interesting art form and has so many applications in our cities. Reversing graffiti could equally be applied to paintings but what would be the implications of this? Is the final work on the canvas now the one which we should be preserving, or are there hidden masterpieces lurking below the latest paint surface?
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