Category Archives: Anti Graffiti
AP Accuses Shepard Fairey Of Copyright Infringement
From the Huffington Post: The image, Fairey has acknowledged, is based on an Associated Press photograph, taken in April 2006 by Mannie Garcia on assignment for the AP at the National Press Club in Washington. The AP says it owns … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Events, Graffiti, Headline, News, Public Space, Shepard Fairey, Street Art
Tagged AP, Copyright Infringement, Shepard Fairey
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MTA Graffiti Writers Arrested For Offending the View of Downtown Businessmen
Seven members of the MTA crew were arrested 2 days ago in Los Angeles. I’ve posted the LA Times article below. What is interesting is that there is a fair amount of focus on the blight caused by the three … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Arrests/Sentences, News, Quality of Life
Tagged bomb it, Global Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti, los angles, MTA, MTA Graffiti Crew, Public Space, vandalism
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Brooklyn Graffiti Perfume: $220
This is a new low – or a new high – but probably the former. I hope a NY writer got paid well to do the design – otherwise it is a shame that yet again graff is ripped – … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Anti Graffiti, Culture Clash, Free Walls, Gentrification, Graffiti Stores/Galleries/Websites, Graffiti Tourism, Headline, Hip Hop, History of Graffiti, New York, News, Places, Post Graffiti, Press, Public Space, Street Art
Tagged bomb it, Bond No. 9, Brooklyn, Graffiti Film, Perfume, Street Art Film
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City Hall Panel
While in Iceland for the Reyjavik International Film Festival, Director Jon Reiss and I (Co Producer, Harrison Bohrman) were invited to be part of a city hall panel on graffiti and street art. Artist Thordis Claessen, author of the Icelandic … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Arrests/Sentences, Culture Clash, Events, Film Festivals, Global Graffiti Documentary, Graffiti, Headline, Iceland, Laws, News, Places, Quality of Life, Reykjavík International Film Festival, Street Art
Tagged City Hall, Harrison Bohrman, Iceland, Jon Reiss, Reykjavik
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Shepard Fairey Arrested for Vandalism
Visual artist Shepard Fairey, whose “Hope” and “Progress” images have become iconic among Obama supporters, was arrested last week in Denver while putting up those posters on the streets of Denver. In a video interview with the social network imeem … Continue reading
Posted in Anti Graffiti, Arrests/Sentences, Culture Clash, Denver, CO, Headline, Interview, News, People, Places, Public Space, Shepard Fairey, Street Art, Video
Tagged DNC, obama, Shepard Fairey
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