Graffiti in Pripyat is directly connected to the motive of the lost childhood and fear of the artists painting the abandoned town. This place causes mingled feelings: interest from one side and pity from the other. Pity for those people who used to live here and especially children whose childhood was stolen. Here is top 10 of sad Pripyat graffiti.
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Lost childhood.
Scream of a child.
A lost kid.
Another lost kid.
Ghosts – children.
A crying child.
Power of life.
Looters.
Intolerable crying.
Fear and horror an a woman’s face.
FIRST.
Sad by the way.
So much expression, sad and in a way beautiful. To remember what happen at Chernobyl is important.
If those pictures don’t drive you to drink, I don’t know what will.
very sad
also thought provoking
are not we so very lucky?
poor you
I hope he gets lost over there and becomes traces of human activity.
It’s adding to something that should never be forgotten. It should not be punished, it should be used as a tool to educate about the past and remember what happened. What we ignore, we forget and that’s not dong any justice to those who suffered.
Some site claimed Banksy painted most of those but who knows.
Banksy had nothing to do with those paintings…few french and russian guys did a painting tour!
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I was actually really impressed by the graffiti when I was living in Russia. In the US it’s messy tags or bubble letters – in Russia there were some really thought provoking stencil paintings.
Agreed, in the U.S. the taggers huff the paint first, then “create”.
Sad picture…
I thought the same the first time I saw this “art” a few years ago. In any other city I would not mind but this is a special place. I plan on visiting someday and would love to paint over some of these stains.
People also take stuff as souvenirs from apartments, schools etc. Wish people would just leave everything as the original inhabitants left them and just enjoy the scenery. It’s a time capsule like Pompeii and should be left alone.
The last woman looks like she is on marihuana and vodka or something, I dont know her face is weird.
This must be the work of those annoying Monoliths.
They should become Rockers!!!
I didn’t care for the silhouettes but liked alot the more represenitive works… As to the person who said it messed with his perceptions…desecrated a monument well there’s not enough of it there to intrude on perception….And to say NOT ALLOWED
In the US you say we huff then paint? Hang your head in shame at your attitude or go get a government job so you can more effectively perpetuate your negative state of mind.
The guys who did the artwork are banned from the town now.
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Very powerful paintings. They blend with the scenery and speak of the human tragedy that took place there.
I can’t think about finding a better top 10 list.Thanks for sharing.