Saturday, July 3, 2010
Shepard Fairey's mural continues to go to pieces
On Thursday, Patrick Hedlund at DNAinfo reported on the vandalized state of Shepard Fairey's mural on Houston and the Bowery... and, every day (night), the mural continues to be mauled... someone or somebody pulled more of the mural apart in the last 12 hours...
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Fine with me, that mural is whatev's. What is the point of this mural anyways? I don't know jack about this 'artist' but this piece looks self-serving and slightly obnoxious. Aesthetically its pretty ugly too.
ReplyDeleteholy cow, it's endless
ReplyDeleteOk, so what are the illustrations behind the mural? Were they there before?
ReplyDeleteHi Mark,
ReplyDeleteIt's the previous mural on the site by Os Gemeos.
artist collaboration!
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