Although the media clumsily lumps them both together, “graffiti” and “street art” are not one and the same. For one, “Street Art is gay,” according to ESPO, who appears to subtly take a swipe at the less ruffian art form in this new rainbow colored t-shirt design. It was created for T-Shirt Monthly, a Swiss company that operates like a magazine, offering subscribers one t-shirt a month that features “exclusive artwork by talented designers.” |TWBE|
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ESPO’s ‘Street Art’ Is Gay T-Shirt
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I love it when people commoditize bigotry.
espo has a good point, street art is a joke
The difference between street art and graf is that street art can possibly make you rich and famous (Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, etc.) while graf usually just means you're a hoodrat piece of trash who gets arrested (Irak).
The other difference is that you wouldn't say that to a writer's face because a street artist talks smack online and runs away, while a graf writer has balls and punches you in the face.
Street Artists blog.
Writers blog.
But yes, the former ska-doodles away from a squabble.
yeah, BAD street art is gay. sort of like this shirt is lame
Agreed, the shirt's pretty lame, no need for homo bashing, they didn't invent this "street art" perversion.
That said, I agree with the message ESPO's putting out there — Street Art is just a weak exploitation of a grounded sub-culture with rules and regulations. The kid talking shit about IRAK up there is a perfect example of someone who wouldn't survive in our culture. In graffiti we offer Respect, Loyalty, and more-or-less abide by a Pecking order.
If we're talking from a pure aesthetic perspective, I can see how someone can enjoy a Banksy piece over an AUGOR bomb, but there's a lot more in the equation than the public looking at the finished product. The public is not the intended audience of Graffiti; writers are.