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Evil company vs artist (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago

How is creating a work of art by an artist of worldwide renown on an ugly bare concrete wall vandalism? If it in some way affected the utility or even the aesthetics, you might have a point. But trying to make a crime out of improving public spaces through art is just silly.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

except that it's literally a crime to vandalize public spaces to impose your ideas, aesthetics, and art on the public. Are you in actual denial or what is happening here?

this is not a comment on my opinion of Banksy's artistic value. But a major component of their art is the simple fact that it IS a crime. If you take that away, it loses most of its meaning.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 30 points 6 days ago

Cool...so it's ok for businesses to force their ideas, aesthetics, and art on the public because...money?

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 26 points 6 days ago

I think it's more ownership and permission than money (although unfortunately they often overlap). You're allowed to paint your own house, but not somebody else's unless you have permission to do so.

Exactly. You can get a permit to place artwork on public property, but there's a significant amount of red tape there. You can even be commissioned to place artwork on public property, but that's pretty niche.

If you don't want to deal with that, place your artwork on private property and display it publicly from there.

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