I took out the picture of this guy out of the article out of respect for him … but I’ve always wondered about the artists that put their work on the web. I guess if you’re going to do that, be careful about it. Although I’m no legal expert it seems if you post illegal [...]
Entries from July 2008
Portsmouth Graffiti Artist Busted After Posting Photos Of Work On Web
July 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Legal Controversy
New study on graffiti, crime correlation
July 21st, 2008 · No Comments
The article below comes from the Denver post (here). This is an interesting story and a fresh look at how some city is trying to keep graffiti “under control”. At least the professor mentioned in the article seems to understand something about graff (i.e. differences between tagging/ graffiti art). Anyways, interesting read. Oh yeah … [...]
Tags: Legal Controversy
War On Graffiti – From Queens Courier
July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Interesting story out of Queens where some people are fighting a “War on graffiti” … which sounds like they’re really just cleaning up graffiti and giving some kids a mural to help work on. It’s not clear whether they’re fighting a “war” on tagging or graffiti art … but I gotta think the approach would [...]
Tags: Legal Controversy
Six of the best street artists (apart from Banksy)
July 17th, 2008 · No Comments
The article from the UK Independent highighted 6 UK artists (I believe they are all UK based) that I thought are worth highlighting. Paul Insect Insect’s Pop-art inspired street art has rapidly risen in profile. Last year, Damien Hirst snapped up his entire collection before it reached exhibition for a reported £50,000, while the actor [...]
Tags: Artists