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Shepard Fairey arrested in Boston

Started by Bun-bun, February 07, 2009, 09:13:16 PM

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ducpainter

#15
February 08, 2009, 08:25:26 AM
Quote from: bobspapa on February 08, 2009, 08:22:27 AM
maybe I should have myself arrested
are you a tagger?
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Grampa

#16
February 08, 2009, 08:26:38 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on February 08, 2009, 08:25:26 AM
are you a tagger?
more of  a nagger

just ask Stans dad
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ducpainter

#17
February 08, 2009, 08:27:32 AM
Quote from: bobspapa on February 08, 2009, 08:26:38 AM
more of  a nagger

just ask Stans dad
Have his number?
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


Grampa

#18
February 08, 2009, 08:31:40 AM
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar kicked me out of the band..... they said I didnt fit the image they were trying to project. 

So I went solo.  -Me

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erkishhorde

#19
February 08, 2009, 09:38:22 AM
Quote from: Bun-bun on February 08, 2009, 07:24:44 AM
Quite possible, I hadn't thought of that.

     Street art is more than just tagging, and some of it is beautful, and IMO much better looking than the bare wall that it was painted on. Some of it is social commentary, most notably the artist Banksy in the UK. His street art now sells for big money. see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7188387.stm
or google Banksy.
     Many artists throughout history have been maligned, and imprisoned, yet their work endured, and their names have lived on. I doubt that being jailed for graffiti will affect the value of Faireys work, unless it causes a rise in price on the secondary market.

Art is only art to the people that appreciate it. If the guy draws something on someone else's property and they don't want it there I don't feel that it is art. It just becomes vandalism. Could be nice looking vandalism, but vandalism nonetheless.
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Holden

#20
February 08, 2009, 09:54:28 AM
Vandalism is its own artform, and so is getting arrested. To some artists, negative reactions are as motivating as positive ones...

Grampa

#21
February 08, 2009, 10:10:34 AM
Quote from: wark on February 08, 2009, 09:54:28 AM
Vandalism is its own artform, and so is getting arrested. To some artists, negative reactions are as motivating as positive ones...

so I guess putting a rusty spoon in the back of some guys head for tagging my wall could be considered an artform?
Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar kicked me out of the band..... they said I didnt fit the image they were trying to project. 

So I went solo.  -Me

Some people call 911..... some people are 911
-Marcus Luttrell

Kopfjäger

#22
February 08, 2009, 10:12:42 AM
Quote from: bobspapa on February 08, 2009, 10:10:34 AM
so I guess putting a rusty spoon in the back of some guys head for tagging my wall could be considered an artform?

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superjohn

#23
February 08, 2009, 11:35:58 AM
"Art" according to the definition on dictionary.com is:

"the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance."


So, yes his "tagging" could probably be considered art. However, it is also vandalism. Just because something is art or artistic does not make it right, proper, or socially acceptable.

He broke the law, he goes to jail. The rules were in place before he did it and he knew them so he shouldn't really complain about the outcome.
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