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Local street artist is at it again. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by to c/chat@hexbear.net
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I think this might be the same person who did this last time, it's very close to where I saw the last one. Which the city dealt with in a matter of days from when I saw it, so maybe this particular canvas of street art will also get cleaned/painted over.

(I'm not against street art - I'm rather fond of some of the prettier examples of it as an art form, and tagging is an interesting form of self expression - I just said that in that I'm curious how long it will take the city to do something about this tag, since the previous one I found on City property also caused it and nearby graffiti to be quickly cleaned when previously ignored, and graffiti on a trash receptacle is the ultimate "not worth cleaning".)

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[–] [S] 3 points 4 weeks ago*

This. I'm a big fan of street art... when it comes to graffiti on par with/below bathroom stall dicks (which I'd argue can have some artistic value, depending on the amount of detail and if it's drawn doing something, even if it's "gross" subject matter) for artistic meaning, well, I can appreciate the "fuck the system" of it, especially on the property of corporations or shitty governments (less so on municipal infrastructure in a city that does its best to meet public needs, though), but I can acknowledge that a lot of it is kinda ugly.

Actual street art, though, graffiti with artistic meaning and aesthetic value, I'm a lot more in favour of, because yeah, it can look quite pretty or interesting, and I appreciate the effort that goes into it. Street art is a valid art form, and I dislike the use of that term as a euphemism for low effort tagging.

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