Who says vandalism doesn't pay!!

[Farmdog]

Buy the walls and sell it back to the judge.

[Patriot-2000]

Between the "Republic" of California and New York ... I don't know which is the worse. Two (2) states you won't catch me even visiting !

[Black Ice]

Black ice is that real

Yes. Took those pics in New York this summer.


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[twobittxn]

5Pointz, a warehouse complex in the Long Island City section of Queens, was a street-art mecca that drew visitors and artists from around the world. Wolkoff had allowed artists to paint murals and graffiti on the buildings he owned since 2002 and over time, the location evolved into a New York City cultural landmark that appeared in tourist guidebooks

So, how is it vandalism if the owner of the building knowingly lets the artist paint there?

[jshouse]

crazy

[donpablo]

Consequences

So, how is it vandalism if the owner of the building knowingly lets the artist paint there?

Yeah, they painted it with consent of the owner. The message this sends out to the property owners of the city/state is, If you allow someone to create "art" on your property you may lose some of your rights to that property. The unforeseen consequence will be that it will become more difficult to convince property owners to allow such paintings in the future.

[Tx_Wader]

This is closer to an art gallery owner allowing people to hang art and then changing their minds and taking all the art down and not giving the artist a chance to come get it.

Exactly right.

[rladner]

This is closer to an art gallery owner allowing people to hang art and then changing their minds and taking all the art down and not giving the artist a chance to come get it.

Exactly right.

Except there is no possible way to "come get it". It is literally the side of a building.

[JBT]

lol lot of knee jerk reactions on this thread, clearly a little more to it than "vandalism"

[Jaybo31]

Throw this into google maps and go to street view. Wow! The work that can be done with a rattle can is unreal

Troutman St at St. Nicholas Ave, Bushwick, Brooklyn

[hooligan]

crazy that they won but the 5pointz buildings had some amazing art on them

[Patton]

Whats going to happen to 'Graffiti Park' in Austin when it gets turned into MultiFamily property? Never been but it appears thousands of people have 'painted' there.

[Tony Pic]

That is a insane ruling. Some of these artists have tremendous talent and some of them make millions doing it.
I personally know one guy who has done that. When he was growing up he was considered a bad kid and criminal for his graffiti. He had a thing for putting art on things that moved. Trains, buses ect. Became what is known as one of the Kings of Graffiti and has a world wide following, and I mean world wide. Opened a shop and started tattooing with his art skills. Now has art 2 galleries. One in France and one in Germany working on one in Las Vegas. He is currently making and designing toys and selling his art on prints.
Those pics Black Ice posted are on the lower east side of NYC and had the full cooperation of the buildings owner. Those are in the artsy SoHo area.
Some of the detail these artists can translate with a spray can is amazing.
Today in NYC some building owners would love to have artists to come paint their walls, garage or trucks.

[texansfan]

If you've never seen it in person you have no idea.

I hate vandalism but this wasn't.
Some of those guys got paid to put those murals up

They are artist

For someone to make a 40 foot tall 3D portrait on the side of a building with a few cans of krylon takes an insaneamount of skill

[Dave]

Except there is no possible way to "come get it". It is literally the side of a building.

True, but they didn't even have the option to photograph or video, he painted over the art in the middle of the night.