Finally,
someone agrees with me.
I have talked about this subject a few times.
What am I talking about, you ask?
It's
Graffiti.
I have written
Posts
called
and a follow up to this last
Post
called
Now,
a
Judge
in
New York City
agrees with me!
Judge awards graffiti artists $6.7 million after their New York works were destroyed.
"A
judge awarded $6.7 million Monday to graffiti artists who sued after
dozens of spray-paintings were destroyed on the walls of dilapidated New
York warehouse buildings torn down to make room for high-rise luxury
residences. U.S.
District Judge Frederic Block in Brooklyn said 45 of the 49 paintings
were recognized works of art "wrongfully and willfully destroyed" by a
remorseless landlord. Twenty-one
aerosol artists had sued the owner of a Long Island City site known as
5Pointz under the Visual Rights Act, a 1990 federal law that protects
artists' rights even if someone else owns the physical artwork. Their
graffiti was painted over in 2013, and the buildings were torn down a
year later. Before
they vanished, the graffiti artworks became a tourist attraction,
drawing thousands of spectators daily and forming a backdrop to the 2013
movie "Now You See Me," and a site for an Usher tour, the judge noted. All
the while, the crime-ridden neighborhood gradually improved and it
became the "world's largest collection of quality outdoor aerosol art,"
though a system set up by the artists meant some paintings were
temporary while others were given permanent status, Block wrote. The
ruling followed a three-week trial in November, when Block said the
"respectful, articulate and credible" artists testified about "striking
technical and artistic mastery and vision worthy of display in prominent
museums if not on the walls of 5Pointz." He
noted one artist came from London, another from rural West Virginia,
while others were products of prestigious art schools. Some were
self-taught. He said he was impressed with the breadth of the artists' works and how many works "spoke to the social issues of our times." Jerry
Wolkoff, who owned the buildings, had conceded he allowed the
spray-paint artists to use the buildings as a canvas for decades but
said they always knew they would be torn down someday."
This is,
Going To Put Up Graffiti In My Back Yard,
Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish... but that's only if it's done properly.”
- Banksy, -
- Banksy, -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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