Last week, a wall that Teazer, Numskull and Roach had painted in Camperdown, was painted over by someone (owners, real estate agents, council….?) without the artists knowing. This was the response from an unknown person. It made our day. We’re not sure which one we like best…
Photo by baddogwhiskas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22179952@N00/)
If people want to act like graffiti is not art let them do what they want. Every great art form was always rejected at first, i guess these people have not learned history as they are repeating it… this art form is being buffed all over the world and it is replacing art with a blank wall… great idea?
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its not that grafiti isnt art its where people put it if you dont want someone to paint over your art than paint it on the side of your own fucking house dumbasses
What if you don’t own a house Craig?
Ok sure the cocks were funny.. But the real opportunity missed was a partnership by one brave artist to ask the owner for permission, then we all win. I think that asking permission no matter where street art goes up is the proper thing… If you don’t ask… Accept that the owner can whitewash it away and you sould only be as upset as they were when you started dressing up their beautifully bland tan wall. A simple ask could really make this building and the community so much closer. I think asking takes a bigger set of brass balls than a late night mission to paint it up… maybe they let what goes up stay there for a month and then paint it back to white so it’s a rotating canvas…. I try to find peeps who will do this and it’s really worked out well. Some of the best local street art shows up unexpectedly and we all avoid the cocks.
Cocks make great art
Your all derricks, graffiti sucks. Chuck it on a canvas and sell if its art. Stop encouraging little gronks to tag up society
If you ask for permission that defeats the purpose of graffiti. Graffiti is speaking out against control and power, its a freedom of expression. And if you don’t like graffiti, doesn’t matter, its learning to respect something thats not yours. Did you know graffiti art deters vandalism? if you think i’m wrong look at the picture again. I don’t see any cocks in the first image do you?
I had a cafe whose wall was constantly tagged by … Well … Kids with no real talent. It was a pain in the ass to cover up. It looked crap. After a few weeks of this I got the local school involved with their street art class and together we came up with a concept and design. The design was great, my landlord was happy and the kids felt a sense of ownership and respect to the community. Kids have gone on to do great things with their art from this piece. They were proud to show something legal and creative to their peers and parents who in turn encouraged them.
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