Graffiti Writer Tags the Skies Over LA
SABER, a California-based graffiti artist, dispatched skywriting planes over Downtown Los Angeles earlier today to challenge the city’s controversial moratorium on murals. New laws that were meant to curb the proliferation of advertisements and signage, have instead been used by officials to basically make it illegal for artists to paint large scale works, specifically if they involve spray paint and regardless if they have the owner’s permission.
The aircraft “put up” his name along with other prominent writers, supporters, and words of protest with the hope that it will spread awareness about the ordinance that is a direct threat to common sense, but more importantly, free speech! (Photo: @SaberAWR) UPDATE: More photos here.
by Bucky Turco on September 19, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Editor-in-Chief:
BIGGGGGGGGGGG BIG UPPS to SABER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>fight that non sense of a regulation……..
i have no idea why the government wont let us paint …. always changing laws and twisting them to their own ends …. closed my store shut down the free wall took me to jail ….. google …. license suspension might spell trouble ….. then they changed the law so no matter how old you are it is illegal to have paint or a marker …… they say the pen is mightier than the sword …. at least till the sword illegalizes the pen ….. and then youre fkd….