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more about #vandalism more comments → Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): Is that the MTA's proposed starting point for the new 2nd Ave Subway? more » shostakobitch: you see my bombs from the sept '99 issue of "while you were sleeping" because shit was tight more » lobstr: damn, that's some dedication, and a shitload of paint! .. who's their backer? Fred Barron? +10 points for some beautifully straight lines! more » bens: Its not that wack. The only people writing anything on the walls are people tagging "X3V" in that neighborhood. Gangmembers tagging 13 (for La Eme) an... more » GeraldineHyperion: Which political side, exactly, does #8 represent? And should this particular piece be counted in the 'win' or 'loss' tally? While the other themes are... more » raincoaster: I'm all for booze in Starbucks, but only for the staff. We used to make daiquiries in the Frappucchino blenders after hours, till some jealous passerb... more » Trai_Dep: "I haven't been punched that hard since reform school!" more » ChillbearLatrigue: When I was a kid Fight Club hadn't been written yet, so I acted out by imitating the movie Urban Cowboy. How I ever survived those random mechanical b... more » Tart of Darkness: I think he used paraffin. It's never worked for me. more » VoxPopuli: I'm really torn about the boozy Starbucks idea. On one hand, maybe it'll keep the annoying kids out, but I like that I can meet up with people at a pl... more » ninety_nine: Hmm, do I go with an Arrested Development reference or a Dash Show backlash of the backlash joke? I remember when Cronkite told me "Kid, once I'm gone... more » SarahHeartburn: How cool. Lucky he didn't kill or maim an innocent person. Hey, I get a rash every time I pass a Starbuck, I only patronize them for the loo. But bomb... more » Aidan_: Ha. Ha. Ha. That's what ya get for being a middle-class terrorist! more » badasscat: The question I *always* want to ask when I read about people setting up fight clubs and imitating various things in the movie is... jesus, did these p... more » PaisleyPajamas: They would have created a better cover if they had called it "Project Mocha Latte." more » -
#therealissues
Barren Urban Gutter Reclaimed
One of the biggest (if not the biggest) graf pieces in America—a 57-foot high, one-third mile long "MTA" on a concrete ditch in LA—is being painted over. Finally, a clean concrete ditch. [via Animal NY. Pic: Flickr] -
#hypocrisy
Shepard Fairey, career vandal, applied "anti-graffiti coating to the walls" of his LA gallery. Wack.
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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 » -
#jailhousecoldclocked
Fight Club-Inspired 17 Year-Old Starbucks Bomber Suckerpunched In Jail
Cops busted the teenage punk behind a Fight Club-aping Upper East Side Starbucks bombing that was like a bad issue of Adbusters come to life. Well, happy endings: he got what he wanted in prison: punched. Also, Starbucks and booze? More » -
#revolution
Starbucks Bomber Apprehended; 'Project Mayhem' Thwarted
Authorities say they have caught the mad bomber whose small homemade pill-jar bomb harmlessly rocked an Upper East Side Starbucks—and the world—in May. New York has been spared untold Fight Club-inspired terror! More » -
#summerfun
Anarchist Maniacs Burn Dollar Sign Into East Hampton High Football Field
Uh oh. Vandalism where The Other Half lives has gone wild, now that an obscure, strange, alien symbol has been incinerated into a lay of grass in the Hamptons! Prey tell, what it is?! Or who? More » -
#crime
Shepard Fairey Never Needs to Go to Boston Again
Shepard "OBEY Obama" Fairey has pleaded guilty to vandalism charges in Boston, and he's getting off easy. Boston, on the other hand... More » -
#artists
Poster Boy, His Arms Star in Documentary
Poster Boy, vandalartist-in-chief of the NYC subway system, has been quiet lately. Or has he? He just had another art show in Jersey, and he stars in this mini-documentary lauding his folk heroism. 'America's Got Talent,' he's ready! [AnimalNY] -
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#hardcore
This Makes Shepard Fairey Look Like Shepard Fairy, LOLOLOL
A street artist in Russia was arrested by the secret service, interrogated, and beaten after he made this piece showing Vladimir Putin as a woman. In Russia, politicians, cops, and vandals are all equally insane criminal badasses. [via Daily Mail] -
#art
Museums Now Thrilled to Welcome Banksy
Hello, it's a big new art show by zillionaire street artist Banksy, an artist who does not suck—his first show since his crazy robot monkey show in NYC last year. Let's look, shall we?
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#theartworld
Is Poster Boy Still Good in a Gallery?
NYC subway ad vandalartist Poster Boy is all up the fancy galleries now! Well not the "fancy" galleries, but galleries nonetheless. But do ad remixes really translate to gallery walls? Kinda. More » -
#publicitystunts
Shadowy Group of Chavs Out to Destroy Banksy
In 2007, NYC had "The Splasher," an anonymous pseudo-intellectual prick who went around defacing street art. Now England has its own pricks who've decided to deface Banksy murals. Unless it's an elaborate hoax. More » -
#posterboy
Poster Boy and friends have a gallery show in Brooklyn tomorrow. Don't tell the cops.
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#economics
Fancy Artist Can Draw Wherever
Millionaire Japanese pop artist Yoshitomo Nara was arrested by the NYPD this week for drawing on a subway wall. Other "victims" of his precious vandalism took the opposite approach: 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 » -
#posterboy
MoMA Decries Art
MoMA, which allegedly stands for "Museum of Modern Art," has fired a guy for wantonly associating the MoMA name with art, of the modern variety. More » -
#art
Poster Boy Tiptoes Towards the Dark Side
Well now, our vandalartist friend Poster Boy has become embroiled in an edgy art world to-do! He's out doing authorized vandalmixes of MOMA posters. Uh, or is he? Yes he is. Is that bad? More » -
#interviews
Poster Boy Has No Recollection of Being Poster Boy
Henry Matyjewicz was arrested for being the infamous Poster Boy. But is he really? He's still discussing it vaguely, at great length! Interesting interview, but no mas till after your trial, dude. Cops read. [NYPress] -
#crime
Poster Boy Doesn't Want Your Dirty Plea Deal, Pigs
The identity of subway ad vandalartist Poster Boy is now the most important issue facing New York. He was arrested last week—or was he? Either way, the guy is now fighting the power: More » -
#adremixes
How to Be an Art Vandal
Poster Boy is mighty famous now. But becoming an artistic remixer of public space is easy! In this little clip, Jordan Seiler of Public Ad Campaign—a Poster Boy pal—shows just how easy. More »
