tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post3280330636311490640..comments2023-11-22T01:09:46.040-08:00Comments on myartspace>blog: Art Space News: The SplasherBrian Skibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03707398699208090454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-45844629150089867262008-12-29T09:13:00.000-08:002008-12-29T09:13:00.000-08:00According to Wikipedia:The splashings continued un...According to Wikipedia:<BR/><BR/>The splashings continued until June 2007, when James Cooper, 24, was arrested at an art opening in Brooklyn for trying to set off a stink bomb from a coffee can at an art opening for Shepard Fairey. Cooper was charged with third-degree arson, reckless endangerment, placing a false bomb, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment and disorderly conduct. Two days Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-40699027539648895882008-05-28T06:03:00.000-07:002008-05-28T06:03:00.000-07:00I am not an artist, but I agree with the splasher....I am not an artist, but I agree with the splasher. The media has drowned us and we take no action because we look to the media to take action for us. Activism is dying. Street art was once activism; taking back the space that was being sold from under out feet. Now it's something to sue over, a way to sell T-shirts, a backdoor into the music industry. The art left behind by Banksy and the others Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-90276406598104715022007-05-20T09:03:00.000-07:002007-05-20T09:03:00.000-07:00Brendan, good point.Doug, I'd like to read more ab...Brendan, good point.<BR/><BR/>Doug, I'd like to read more about that. Is it the same situation... known works being destroyed?Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-27485304782288512152007-05-20T06:55:00.000-07:002007-05-20T06:55:00.000-07:00Somebody has been splashing in chicago for over a ...Somebody has been splashing in chicago for over a year maybe it's a movement.dougphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771497579027161636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-53627310768005060202007-05-19T03:13:00.000-07:002007-05-19T03:13:00.000-07:00the pieces are so insendiary that it wouldnt surpr...the pieces are so insendiary that it wouldnt surprise me at all if the artists were doing it themselves as a commentary on their own work. a kind of if you meet buddha on the road kill him concept<BR/>~BrendanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com