Swoon's Response to Splasher

If you've been following along with Gothamist, you'll know that the Splasher has been defacing streetart around the city recently. While many in the streetart community are upset with the Splasher's actions, Swoon has come up with her own solution - redo the pieces the vandal defaced. Sam Horine caught Swoon's pieces in Prospect Heights (around 5th Ave and Flatbush Ave), where you can still see the paint drippings from before she redid the pieces.

While it's great that Swoon took the time to fix her paste-ups, it will be all too easy for the Splasher to destroy them yet again.

First photo of the Splasher's work by jakedobkin on flickr, second photo of Swoon's response by f.trainer on flickr

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By tien mao in Arts & Entertainment on February 18, 2007 11:43 AM

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guest

Sweet.

Street art is important.

End of story.

And even the role of the "splasher" is important, as it is also important to question the spasher's motives.

Blue71

Brilliant. I like swoon's response - Paste the splatter. Splatter the paint.

think about it...

How do you think splasher does it exactly?

If it is just the old trick to fill up balloons (like water balloons) then that is super weak in my opinion.

If a cop saw splasher at work he would probably not even care.

Do you think that could be done from a car or on a bike easily?

Most real street artists have a certain code: Try to stay off of places where a private individual would have to pay out of his own pocket to remove it. So they get up on public spots, abandoned, buildings, places where there is already graffiti , etc. -So all of you who are posting saying things like "Yeah for Spalsher / Stay out of my space artists" do not even really get it.

If you get splashed that means you are worthy.

If splasher is only working on the streets (like the street artists you are calling gay) -then isn't he spalsher gay too?

Maybe one day splasher will do some kick ass stuff defacing some fine art in a gallery?

Sorry splasher ain't no Banksy!!!

bl0cka

you not think a graf writer with a mean streak would've actually written some graf?

also, they wouldn't have put up the pretencious posters with the splash. the guy/girl is worse than those they're criticising. read the poster, laugh your arse off.

WEST COAST CHRONIC SMOKE

STREET ARTISTS HAVE BEEN GETTIN BY WITHOUT ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR FAR TOO LONG...

FIRST ITS PAINT SPLASHING

NEXT ITS FACE SLASHING..

YOU FAGGOTS DONT WANT NO DRAMA WITH ANYONE REMOTELY LINKED TO THE STREETS.....

ALL I KNOW IS YOU BETTER HOPE THE SPLASHER ENDS UP BEING ANOTHER WHITE BOY HIPSTER IN A SPIKED BELT AND NOT A GRAF WRITER WITH A MEAN STREAK

skunk

Wow, man. This really makes me think of the plight of Oaxacan factory workers! Job well done, Swoon. Thanks for using your considerable wall-pasting talents to illuminate us! I bet everything will be a-ok in the third world after this!

smitty

Graffiti is a big part of my day to day life? Uhh....wtf.

mr.x

idiots

zincink

Swoon - 1

Splasher - 1

Not Another Street Fartist

You go, Splasher!

I am sick and tired of this vandalism by spoiled brats, many of whom are actually "adults". I am sick and tired of having to clean up my walls from these Philistines' solipsistic vandalism.

Maybe these effers will get the message and try their 'ouvre' on canvas,

But if they did that, no one would look at the crap they call "art".

Keep it up, Splasher, the hero of beleagured NYers.

Polite New Yorker

Someday someone will catch "Splasher" in the act and give that bitch the beatdown he deserves. And anyone who thinks this dipshit is a hero, go back to whatever shithole you crawled out of.

Damian

For every one piece of "streetart", there are 1000 shitbags artlessly spraying, etching or scratching their logo (sorry, "tag") onto every available public surface.

A few lucky ones will $ell out like noted fuckbird "Neckface", who leveraged his widespread vandalism into a book and a deal with Vans. So all his tags are just more bullshit guerilla advertising. I'm sick of paying, either directly or indirectly, to have this shit removed.

red

I'm not sure why everyone constantly complains that there are posts about graffit. This is New York, graffiti is a huge part of our day to day life (if you leave your apartment, that is). I think its interesting that spray painting has evolved into various installation pieces and I certainly appreciate the information about the people doing them. If you think its a waste of time, perhaps you should also focus your energy elsewhere, such as pointing out simple spelling and grammatical mistakes.

Missy

Read for content, squidfly.

avenue5

so you would rather see a bunch of runny paint on the wall vs. a swoon piece? the pasted paper of swoon will eventually come off on it's own...where as you would have to repaint the entire wall with a splasher hit...difficult choice, isn't it?

dac

"...redo the pieces the vandal defaced."

Yeah, Splasher's the vandal here. What a load of crap. The original "work" is nothing more than graffiti vandalism. It's criminal, and Gothamist you're realy doing the community a disservice by glorifying it. FWIW, good for you Splasher, I like your style.