Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Graffiti in the news

As a follow-up to Sunday's mural launch, here are some media reports on Joel Richardson's work:

Photo by Vince Talotta / Toronto Star

Toronto Star: Artist completes mural erased by city during anti-graffiti campaign

CBC News: Artist revives city-funded mural wiped in graffiti cleanup

Toronto Life: "After Joel Richardson’s mural was scrubbed from an underpass by Rob Ford’s graffiti Gestapo, the artist has now spray-painted a full replacement, with some alterations."

" 'I’m thrilled that they gave the space back to me,” Richardson told CBC News—although we hear he tried to preserve the other graffiti on-site, including an unflattering caricature of the mayor."


At the No Comment show in New York.  Photo by Joel Richardson

Torontoist: This Art is Occupied

Washington Post: Occupy’s most controversial art: Burning money, saints in suits