David Gray's pictures of the week 3-9-2007

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This week's picture set looks at this summer's graffiti wall in Brighton's New England Street. This part of Brighton, just east of the main railway station, is being comprehensively redeveloped after years of neglect. For the past three years, the developers have agreed to an "official" display of artwork graffiti along the hoardings that surround the site. The work is well-executed, vivid and very contemporary. There is perhaps an unpleasant emphasis this year on US-inspired rap and gun "culture". But, sadly, that does reflect real life in at least parts of our towns and cities. Anyway, graffiti should never be like the Royal Academy Summer Show and this display in Brighton is both attractive and very much of our time.

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