National Highways approved the first legal painting on its sites near Lenton Lane and Thane Road in 2022, but recently said it would be ending at midnight on October 21 after artists used graffiti to 'target an individual”
A man who says he was targeted by artists over his opposition to a legal graffiti zone in Nottingham said he feared for his property as tensions grew. National Highways approved the first legal painting on its sites near Lenton Lane and Thane Road in 2022, with the project organised by the agency and Beeston Street Art said to be one of the largest of its kind in the UK.
"This art was thrust upon us whether we wanted it or not. We weren't told much about it and information wasn't passed around or discussed. "They knew where I lived and as it was getting personal I feared for my property and I'd had someone come onto my property. Yes, I can see the fun side of it but I could not initially. I just wanted to have a say on the graffiti, but it just got very out of hand on social media and I had to involve the police."
"Some of the artwork in Beeston probably looks very good, but what we ended here with is stuff that looks like sprawled graffiti and unreadable words. What was being painted was unbelievable. It just means absolutely nothing, they must have been related to pop culture but I don't think many people on the estate knew what they meant."
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