Thursday, June 28, 2007

Street Art Gone Commerical

Yesterday, I wrote about a Times story about a "Splasher" or "Splashers" who had been targeting street art in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn with globs of paint. There's a follow-up piece in today's NY Times.

As a writer - someone with an artistic side, I can understand the tendency to shy a way from the commercialization of that work. You want your work to reflect your true nature, but at the same time you do want recognition. And in a capitalistic society that recognition breeds money. So I think those opposed to streets art's new found commercial appeal need to get over it and congratulate their peers on their success.

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