Gothamist: Swoon's Response to Splasher

Blue71

Thu, 03 May 2007 09:12:39 -0500

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

think about it...

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:12:11 -0500

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

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:14:40 -0500

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

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:31:17 -0500

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

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:33:01 -0500

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

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:23:19 -0500

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

mr.x

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:34:21 -0500

idiots

zincink

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:16:07 -0500

Swoon - 1 Splasher - 1

Not Another Street Fartist

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:17:49 -0500

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

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 01:05:13 -0500

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

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:22:21 -0500

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

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:46:17 -0500

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

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:07:30 -0500

Read for content, squidfly.

avenue5

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:05:09 -0500

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

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:20:41 -0500

"...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.

squidfly

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:16:37 -0500

Enough, Missy,Brightliner,Tom,RatherBe. Go back to UTAH!!

RatherBe

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:11:46 -0500

Oh, boo hoo! Your illegal defacement of private property had paint splashed on it!

Tom

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:11:26 -0500

Splasher's my hero. Sucks when your property gets defaced, doesn't it?

Brightliner

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:46:59 -0500

Did you notice Jake now has Tien doing his dirty work, trying to take the heat off himself a bit?

Missy

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:38:25 -0500

Yawn. Commenters bitching about Gothamist posts on street art are so old hat.

Enough!

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:22:00 -0500

Yawn. Gothamist, stop glorifying graffiti!