The Whinburgh Poo Tagger's Greatest Sh*ts
A mid-career retrospective of a local Banksy who transforms doggy-do into high art.
My home is surrounded by farm trails and footpaths.
They loop and link and diverge into dozens of delightful walks.
It's perfect dog-walking country, and most of my neighbours let them off leash, as nature intended. It's lovely to see dozens of carefree dogs sniffing about while their owners meander along, a few paces in front or behind.
But an off leash dog is a sneaky poo waiting to happen. As I imply in my open letter (really a love letter) to the Whinburgh Poo Tagger, these discarded dog-logs are the product of an owner's inattention, rather than their malice. But the Whinburgh Poo Tagger doesn't care for the whys and wherefores. WPT's only concern is for justice.
Thus, WPT cannot forgive a single fleck of feculence.
I've watched the Whinburgh Poo Tagger's practice evolve over the last 3 years.
I've had a lot of time to meditate on the sheer breadth and depth of their work.
But I don't want to overwhelm you.
Today, I'll introduce you to this remarkable artist by way of a sample pack. A single caca per category.
A textbook turd.
A decomposing deuce.

A lonely log.

The mother load.
A dung cake.
A scat sculpture.

The manure tree.

Personally, I’m a passionate advocate of ‘stick and flick.’
I first encounter this humane and actionable policy as the guest of King Charles’ on an open day at Sandringham palace.

But we live in a democracy.
The parish council has deemed that Whinburgh’s grassy trails operate on a strict ‘bag it and bin it’ policy. Just as the great renaissance artists made their reputations on the religious scenes and portraits, so the Whinburgh Poo Tagger must ply their trade on the subject matter afforded to them by the passions of the age. In our case, this is a world where every turd is a travesty.
Oh, I'm both chuckling and gritting my teeth. Memories of toddlerhood trauma, on tricycle, over-turning... to hand-in-direct-connection...
God bless this individual with their laminated notes going forth to change the world one turd at a time... If you don't want to pick, stick n flick indeed, yes.
Lovely photography!