Athens

I have been spending time in this graffiti-covered city. Spray paint is a form of wild expression for the young but draws all kinds of artists. I found myself loving the colour black, which is used so much, and the whole painting-by-night thing is intriguing. I’ve also been enjoying all the black cross-hatching in comic books we bought in the student/anarchist neighbourhood called Exarcheia. The city has many abandoned and crumbling neoclassical buildings with shuttered windows behind which I can’t help thinking Vampires are sleeping the day away. And of course there are the Greek goddesses who are portrayed in black on the ancient pottery that was produced here. Maybe all this explains why this piece is called She Liked to Work Into the Night.