I'm all in favour of letting people say what they want, and find the attempts to ban 'hate speech' websites and the like to be wrong and counter-productive. Best to hear what they're saying, the better to understand them, change their POVs or counter them, if they ever actually need to be countered.
Yes, graffiti on others' buildings should be frowned upon, but that's a separate issue. Incidentally, I've heard that in the UK at least, someone was prosecuted for not removing graffiti from their wall which had been put there by others. Seems they liked it, but the powers-that-be still required it to be removed.
Hmm - actually, it may have been the other way round, in that the wall owner tried to prosecute the council for removing the graffiti without his consent.
BTW, see the bottom eBay link in the thread here...
Market forces - they're being sold at auction, so that's what people are willing to pay. Auctions are an honest way to sell art, in my opinion.
And looking at his completed listings, he's sold about $3000 worth in the last two weeks, which most artists would consider a good income, assuming costs are a small part of that.
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Date: 2008-05-25 09:31 am (UTC)Yes, graffiti on others' buildings should be frowned upon, but that's a separate issue. Incidentally, I've heard that in the UK at least, someone was prosecuted for not removing graffiti from their wall which had been put there by others. Seems they liked it, but the powers-that-be still required it to be removed.
Hmm - actually, it may have been the other way round, in that the wall owner tried to prosecute the council for removing the graffiti without his consent.
BTW, see the bottom eBay link in the thread here...
http://stillcarl.livejournal.com/331930.html?thread=794266#t794266
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Date: 2008-05-26 12:12 pm (UTC)and why the guy charges so little for his pictures? you won't be taken seriously if you ask so little
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Date: 2008-05-26 07:28 pm (UTC)And looking at his completed listings, he's sold about $3000 worth in the last two weeks, which most artists would consider a good income, assuming costs are a small part of that.