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'''TRTL TURDL TURDLE TRDL''' (turtle, trdl, terdle) is a type of [[spray painting]] based in [[Detroit, Michigan]].  People would spray paint a simple turtle design generall''' or '''TRDL''' (as well as a number of other spellings) refers alternately to a number of instances of [[graffiti]] based in [[Detroit, Michigan]], ostensibly painted by Ron an abandoned building along with ''TRTL'', ''Turtle'', or some other variation of the spelling. Some types of tald Scherz, or to the artist himself. The "tagging are like this: On an interstate in Detroit "trtl" drew 3s" feature a simple cartoon turtles and wrote "stuck in traffic?" some people think that some of the murals are ok such as the traffic one. But other turtles in detroit are not. When he tagged the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]] building and the [[DAM]] building people got very mad. The trtl gotccompanied by the words "TRTL", or some other variation on the spelling. After the artist tagged the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]] building in early 2003, public awareness of the TRTL tags spiked, due in part to a small amount of the media's attention⏎
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. The media speculated that the taggers wereartist was commenting on how slow the city was being restored, but because no one credible ever took credit for creating the tag, it is uncertain what the originator's true intent was.

The movement (suggested by some local art magazines to consist of three males and one female) gained its most notoriety in early 2003 when the [[Detroit Institute of Art]] was tagged.

The president of the museum offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who turned in the person who spray painted the well-kept building.  Many saw it as hypocritical for the president of an art museum to be standing in the way of a new form of art.  L{{fact}} but the artist has never admitted to any similar motivation.

The president of the museum offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who turned in the person(s) responsible. In turn, local artist [[Geoff Burgeau]], who (at the time) had an exhibit hosted by the museum, in turn offered $1,000 to the first person to [[Pieing|pie]] the DIA president.   Burgeau's exhibit was subsequently removed from the museum. One man namedFilmmaker Tony sSmith even made a documentary about [[Detroit]] [[graffiti]]. His goal was to catch the "turtle", called [http://www.paintcansandpolitics.com/ Paint Cans and Politics], focused primarily on discovering the identity of TRDL.

The [[Detroit Free Press]] eventually wrote a story implicating Ronald Scherz in 2004.<ref>[http://www.nograffiti.com/grafnews/9_04/turtle_sticks_neck_out.htm Turtle sticks neck out<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Detroit bridges have ben tagged numerous times too.  Ronald Sherz claimed that it was just a symbol.

== References ==
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==External links==
* http://www.samaman.com/upinthed/archives/2004_01_01_archive.html
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/13063959@N00/sets/72157600736067204/
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_107.jpg
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_98.jpg
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_86.jpg
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_73.jpg
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_79.jpg
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_35.jpg
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_36.jpg
* http://www.puregraffiti.com/graffiti-gallery/data/702/TRTL_25.jpg

[[Category:Artist collectives]]
[[Category:Culture of Detroit, Michigan]]
[[Category:Graffiti and unauthorised signage]]

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