paint fragment from Belmont Art Park

This is an extreme closeup scan (2400 dpi) of a paint chip retrieved from the ruins of Belmont Art Park by Amy McKenzie earlier this year. The fragment is about 1cm thick, and appears to consist of about 150-200 layers of paint. (For a sense of scale, note the ridges of my fingerprint in the lower right.) This should give you an idea of the staggering number of pieces painted in this spot over the decades.

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leo59 says:

the ruins of Belmont Art Park?

the CU is gr8
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

otherthings says:

Yes, the ruins. The park used to be surrounded by one long wall covered with artwork, but that wall was illegally demolished by real estate developers earlier this year. For more details, see the Belmont Art Park website.

[edit: as of January 2007, the above website is now defunct. See Amy McKenzie's site for photo archives of the location.]
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

jordanD says:

So many pieces!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

imagepeace ~~~ says:

this is SOOOO interesting ...made me look for a long time....quite amazing, really
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

zeustdd says:

Wow!..that's fantastic. Over here every other layer would be silver.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Jan van Raay says:

This is awesome -- a brilliant touch to put your fingerprint in for scale.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

amymck says:

wow, that's really cool! sounds about right-maybe 8 pieces, tags each year for about 25 years along the length of all those walls. too bad they're almost completely gone. now's the last chance to see the remnants...
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

OPHOTN says:

Is there anyway to still get another fragment or is it completely destroyed now?
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

otherthings says:

I guess you could stop by there and dig through the rubble. But I didn't see a lot of paint fragments laying around last time I was there (a couple of months ago)-- it was mostly dirt and concrete. This piece was one that Amy picked up earlier this year, very shortly after the illegal demolition happened.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

ojaipatrick says:

Thats cool!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

harvestmoon says:

So many layers! Great that you noticed this!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Fant says:

That's an amazing picture, but the greedy developer stories drive me mad!!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

ruminatrix says:

Amazing to see all those layers and to think how each is a such a small part of so many pieces of art.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

HabitForming says:

You never cease to amaze me! Such a great find!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

SXN says:

the hi-res shots of this are nuts. simply awesome
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

voxipsa says:

gorgeous, cool, fascinating
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

vekrs says:

amazing!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Coco says:

thats a lot of paint!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

starworshipper says:

thats history right there!!
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

bigoode is gone on Ipernity [deleted] says:

i can't success to reach that link to BAP
someone to help please ?
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

otherthings says:

Sadly, the Belmont Art Park website is now offline. :-(

But it looks like Amy McKenzie's site is still up! You can find her Belmont Art Park photo archives here. I'll go ahead and fix the links in the captions above.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

endiesonix says:

shit.... dat's a piece of history, init?
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

mister sir says:

great idea!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

anarchosyn says:

damn thats crazy, but it makes me sad that we lost this one....
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

anarchosyn says:

I don't think the smithsonian would like it but I bet theres a museum out there that would think thats fuckin nice....but personally I'd keep it for myself as a souvenir.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

otherthings says:

You never know, in 100 years the Smithsonian might be all over this! 'til then i will definitely hang on to it... ;-)
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

3 weeks says:

Polish it along a 45 degree angle to the surface and I bet you could count more layers!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

f-auto says:

It's quite fascinating... oh, I got a 404 on the link.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

otherthings says:

Whoops, my deep-link broke when Amy redid her site. Fixed it so it should work now.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

harunerman says:

really interesting
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

henchmanlocal246 says:

There was a railroad trestle near my home town that was painted like this. I was told one local artisan would collect fallen paint chips, some almost an inch thick, and then manage to carve and polish them into jewelry.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

e.m.i.l.y. says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called A-M-Azing, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

wow that is....awesome
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

bitchcaress says:

Can you believe that? Thanks for sharing! I'm glad someone besides me notices the little things...
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

yunheisapunk says:

great shot
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

butal shit says:

Woooooooow
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

laura£%&! says:

all the different colours on this are amazing
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

EMENFUCKOS says:

Wow all that history all the pieces all the colors all the artist. this is great
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Kathryn002 says:

Wonderful capture. Stunning shot.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

c0onnie says:

amazing! i thought it was a huge piece but its actually 1cm. wow.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Javier Godoy says:

WOW
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

paintchipdiaries says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Paintchip Art, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

sapien1982 says:

looks like a chip from a multilayer gobstopper!

you know that building from belmont park was used in the film V
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

mr mais says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called graffiti guerillas FINAL DRAFT, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Jungle Lovee says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called CALI4NIA GRAFFITI & ART, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

funky faces says:

that is incredibly cool!!! i have always wondered about something like this.

The motor yard has been going since the 80's i would fucking LOVE to get a chip like this off of that wall
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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