I just got off the MUNI after a LONG ride (why does it stall inexplicably for 15-20 minutes before entering or leaving the Van Ness tunnel EVERY TIME I ride it?! good grief!) where I enjoyed reading my new issue of New York magazine and wanted to blog about this great article which detailed the story of the "Splasher." This guy/girl (no one knows who it is) is going around the city and painting over revered street graffiti art with (the theory goes) a supersoaker paint gun. I'm so out of it here on the West Coast that everyone in New York probably already knew about this person, but I hadn't heard of it before — and I found the article totally fascinating. Along with the paint splash, the Splasher also posts a manifeso diatribe against the commodification of the graffiti art form.At first I was really bummed about someone going around destroying art like that, but in the end, I wasn't so sure I hated the Splasher. I can't say I agree with what s/he's done, but the whole debate that it's stirred up is an interesting one. I'm too tired to post more now, but I'll post some more thoughts later in the week.
You can see more images here on the streetsy blog, which I also didn't know about and will bookmark for future viewing. Some discussion of the piece here. Was I duped? Is this an insider joke?
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