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"Høyre" leaders will stop tagging
One of the most influential artists of his generation Barry McGee aka twist was recently commissioned to create a mural on New York's Houston & Bowery wall. This iconic NYC wall, which over recent times has seen Keith Haring reproduced, work from Brazillian twins Os Gemeos and of course the much discussed and tagged piece from Shepard Fairey, was covered top to bottom by McGee and assistant Amaze in a wild array of bright red tags.
Although we've published news on this work before, we thought that those supporting the "Zero Tolerance" debate currently raging in Stavanger and the closure of the city's legal graffiti walls at Geoparken, could do with a little education. Unsurprisingly the "Høyre/Right" party managed to include the word "Knives" and "Possible" damage to cars in the area, in a typical attempt to instill fear and violence into a debate about whether kids in the region should be able to freely engage in art.
We hope the photos above help to illustrate how "tagging" in NYC of the 1970's and it's subsequent association with crime, race and violence by right wing political parties.. has somewhat evolved. Høyre please take notice.
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