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more about #streetart more comments → blix: The first recorded art criticism occurred in Lascaux, France. "Who fucked up this perfectly good cave"? #thehighline more » downlow: What about the awesome ghost ads? (first photo) I think it is a shame those are being painted over as well. They are such interesting links to our pa... more » TH42: Haha, "an already attractive wall." Rarely have I ever seen a blank wall and thought to myself, wow, that is a very attractive wall. The reason peopl... more » thatgirlinnewyork: and now ed norton and the ubershtupped "friends of the highline" will ask all the neighbors to pay for it. again. we lived with it thus far, so no, we... more » PropSword: Neck Face's rebuttal. more » tewkesbury: oh, UGH, it looks like the exterior wall of a water park now! The question of whether or not graffiti is art seems way less important than the questi... more » BettyCrocker: Some graffiti is art. Keith Haring is proof of this. And like any art, some of it sucks. The shitty stuff is The Broken Window Theory come to lif... more » lobstr: Make no mistake, there's nothing that excites taggers more than a fresh blank slate. No untagged 10 linear feet in NYC is safe for long, suckas! #the... more » Sir Thomas More: Those commenters are probably people (or person) that never have (has) been to the Highline, or NYC for that matter, or seen a graffiti (except maybe... more » SkinnyNerd: What have they done to this city?! I may not be the biggest fan of tags and such, but what the fuck where they thinking with that wall of cream? If ... more » Cheap Shot: The first time I ever hung out at the Highline years ago, I found myself on one of the train platforms drinking beers with bike messengers and punk ro... more » iplaudius: They painted it over gray? What is wrong with these people? #thehighline more » trucha: Please don't ban me for saying that Ed Norton should be blamed for everything that is wrong in the world. #thehighline more » Flashman: Wikipedia (for some reason!?) has an interesting comparison of the actual source image with the one that Fairey claimed to have used: [en.wikipedia.or... more » E. H. Cotton: [www.art-for-a-change.com] i like to post this link on every story about shepard fairy. his worst crimes were against art, for which he remains unpu... more » -
#wackthings
Weed-Strewn Railroad Tracks Saved From Art
The High Line was once a grimy set of abandoned train tracks. Now it's a fancy park for fancy people. So the fancy people want to scrub all the graffiti off the surrounding buildings, lest it hurt their fancy eyes. More » -
#perjury
Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
Contemporary artist Shepard Fairey got sued by the Associated Press for not meeting Fair Use standards when using their photo of Barack Obama as the inspiration for his infamous "Hope" poster. And now he's fessing up: Fairey lied in court. More » -
#interviews
More-ubiquitous-than-you'd-prefer scrawler/ stenciler DICKCHICKEN turns out to be just as pithy as you'd imagine.
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#art
Obama Street Art: Only 99% Positive
These "Obama Is a Socialist Joker" posters are apparently the first-ever examples of Republican Street Art. Baby steps! On balance, the "Heroic Obama" street art meme is still dominating. A sample: More » -
#streetart
Hipster Grifter Meme Not Quite Dead Yet
Yes, the Kari Ferrell thing looked like it was getting played out, but a tipster snapped this poster at "a thing in Williamsburg on Friday night." A good grifter is always on the comeback! -
#judgments
Shepard Fairey, Cool Tool
Is OBEY-er street artist Shepard Fairey a sellout hypocrite tool? Or is he an anti-establishment American hero? What a good thing to hastily judge! More » -
#art
NYC's War on Vandalism Must End If We Are to Have Good Vandalism
War on art! A famous Japanese pop artist was doing just a little bit of vandalism down in the subways, and was arrested. Why doesn't Mayor Bloomberg just let people draw in the streets? More » -
#thingsweactuallylike
The Crevasse: Awesome, Legal Street Art
New York subway authorities:These are the heights to which street art can ascend when its creators don't fear arrest. Imagine what Poster Boy could do with a canvas this vast. More » -
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#streetart
Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Arrested for, Like, 15th Time
Boston police arrested graffiti artist Shepard Fairey on his way into an event at the Institute for Contemporary Art, which is hosting an exhibit of his works, including his iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster.
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#neckface
Meet The Real Neckface
Neckface is a famous street artist—not quite Banksy famous, but almost. And like Banksy, Neckface has always kept his face hidden, even though he's been profiled in the New Yorker and he has a shoe deal with VANS that includes billboards across NYC and is generally superfamous in the cool parts of the art world. Well now a fashion blogger has posted a picture of Neckface unmasked, at some party at Art Basel in Miami. Click through only if you want to see him, okay: More » -
#obama
Elitist street art on Bowery in Manhattan. Click to enlarge. [Thanks Dash]
