Comments on: Anti-Obama Street Art in LA, Is It For Real?

By: Hrag

Hrag — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:47:57 +0000

@DevilDoodle: You could have saved yourself the embarrassment by asking if anything you said was true, because it isn’t. 99% of street artists are known and particularly to other street artists. Considering you’re commenting from Arizona, I assume this is all very new to you. The person who created the image is well-known (LA Times reported on it in September) but the person, company, PR firm, advocacy group, etc. who placed the posters up in LA is still unknown.

By: DevilDoodle

DevilDoodle — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:16:53 +0000

You DON’T know who the artist is…? Well, maybe it’s because he’s a STREET ARTIST. In case you didn’t know, street art is ILLEGAL, and if he said who he was, he would get arrested, moron.

I mean, what kind of graffiti artist would tell the world who they are? Not only would they get arrested, but most graffiti artists love the secrecy and the aspect of having a kind of alternate alias. But regardless, him NOT going to jail matters more.

And you make it seem like it would be SO hard for a street artist to put up a few posters. They got so much publicity, TONS of people put em up now. All you need is the internet. You can even make your own with Photoshop.

You are a moron.

By: New Museum Ethics Quagmire Gets an Awesome Protest Poster — Hrag Vartanian

New Museum Ethics Quagmire Gets an Awesome Protest Poster — Hrag Vartanian — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:02:31 +0000

[...] out the origin of street art can feel like tipping at windmills (I never figured out who posted the Obama/Socialism posters in LA) … but sometimes it works. Today was one of my better days. Behold the story [...]

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:46:56 +0000

The Obama Joker $1000 Video Contest WINNING entry from the San Francisco Bay Area crew of Joe and Kris:

http //www. youtube.com /watch?v=tmbOIF8AJ7E

Obama is a front man for a cartel of fascists, monopoly men, and determined eugenicists. This is not about black or white, left or right, it is about OUR FREEDOMS!

If we do not exercise them we will LOSE THEM!

By: Anti-Obama Street Art Update — Hrag Vartanian

Anti-Obama Street Art Update — Hrag Vartanian — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:33:54 +0000

[...] lot of asking, probing and following every lead I could possibly find, there is no sign of who the artist behind the Obama/Joker image could [...]

By: houri

houri — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:36:31 +0000

Fascinating… very curious to find out who is behind it… I suppose freedom of speech works both ways but I still do not like seeing an image “plastered” all over that represents something so negative and false.

By: forumandcontent

forumandcontent — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:25:09 +0000

Agreed.

By: hv

hv — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:20:01 +0000

If it was a grassroots group that would be fine. But if it turns out to be part of a lobby group of some sort that’s different. I should’ve been more specific in that regard, if it is affiliated to a political entity or a lobby group then I think it becomes illegal advertising.

By: forumandcontent

forumandcontent — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:17:12 +0000

Hey Hrag,

Just curious: Why do you think it wouldn’t be street art if it were put up by a conservative organization? If you think the “Enjoy Banking” stickers are street art, then it seems like this would count, too. What is it about its being organized by a politically unified group that disqualifies it as street art?