Gothamist: Fire Extinguisher Street Art

gemsgiant

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:50:59 -0500

what do u think graffiti is... destruction of property!!! u think this guy cares what all of u think?... hell no! what about all the crap the public doesnt ask for... billboards, commercials, all the for sale signs. Isnt all that shit graffiti.. u think i want to see a big billboard of angelina jolie advertising her next over-budgeted waste of time movie???the streets are public domain!! we should be able to express ourselves however we want. dont get the wrong idea i dont support writing on private property, schools, or government buildings...but how do u think a"graffiti artist" gets to a point where people like u guys call it "art"?... he starts with the simple tag!!

Barbj8

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:26:01 -0500

I like graffiti when it looks like art. This shit looks like the work of an illiterate elementary school delinquent who is just learning to write his name.

zstone

Thu, 01 May 2008 11:12:12 -0500

Let me know if he does something of artistic value.

shamanovsky

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:31:18 -0500

all unsanctioned grafiti is bad. "self expression is not a crime" ? IT IS, if you are damaging other's property!!!!

Fritzdecat

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:47:54 -0500

The mayor should unleash the "Terror Cops' on the bike thieves and puff can taggers and then maybe gotham might be saved... don't hold your breath.

ihateallbrokers

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:38:47 -0500

that kid is straight up TOY! jake slobbinknob & this punk wouldnt have lasted one night in the ghost yard back in da dayz.

Lord Stompo

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:23:58 -0500

Put simply, more page views equal more money for Gothamist. Clicking on this post pays them once; posting your outraged comments pays them two or three times. If you really want these comment-baiting graffiti stories gone, ignoring them is the best way to do it. (I might add that this is why the -ist world has been told to use the new slideshow applet as much as possible.) Just for the record, I've written graffiti before (not in NYC though) and "MORAL" doesn't deserve to eat KASE2's shit.

sonyactivision

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:56:27 -0500

Set this prick on fire and watch him cry for someone with an extinguisher.

bklynd

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:43:26 -0500

I see the tagged building off Van Brunt in Red Hook all the time and it makes me very sad. (I believe it's the fourth one in the series, right?) So ugly, oppressive, and destructive. I can usually sympathize at least a little bit with the ethos of "getting up," but this guy is just a criminal. Face it Dobkin, you suck, glamorizing this shit.

Spiritof76

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:20:02 -0500

So Jake Dobkin now has Jen Carlson doing his dirty work after being roundly criticized for his pro-graffiti posts in the past? Wuss.

Art Stewel

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:26 -0500

If I caught whichever troll that tagged up my garage I would cut their head off. Then make a video of it so Gothamist might post a how to cut the head off piece of shot trolls that graffiti private property.

JGNY

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:44:36 -0500

Scale is interesting, that's all I have to say about this.

jnguy

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:39:05 -0500

What a tool. And the 'in-action' video is pretty bad too. That guy is also a tool. They all make graffiti artist all look bad. Unfortunate.

kapusta

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:33:12 -0500

if this "moral" fire extinguisher is "art', then i've got some "art" for ya right here...

Rocknrope

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:22:47 -0500

Someone should blast this asshole's face with a fire extinguisher. Actually, make that a flamethrower.

TimSPC

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:07:33 -0500

I'm a fan of the graffiti because I was an old school graffiti artist myself. I would specialize in the Peace Symbol, just the word "The Who", the backwards swastiker, I’d write, I’d draw the road runner, just the word "The Who", Repent 13, just the word "The Who". Yeah, those, those type of things.

TimSPC

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:59:50 -0500

He's no T-Dee.

robingee

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:58:27 -0500

Bleh, don't just spray your name or tag everywhere. That's dumb.

NYer

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:36:47 -0500

This is such a troll post.

smitty

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:32:00 -0500

Yay...not.

grimsb

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:31:53 -0500

@3 Agreed. I mean, I think that Banksy's stuff is awesome, but this stuff is just stupid.

JenChungsBra

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:29:45 -0500

Certain kinds of grafitti might qualify as "street art" but this definitely isn't that. It's just ugly crap. It's not art and it's not MORAL.

grimsb

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:29:37 -0500

Just like a dog pissing on a fire hydrant.

kekule

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:28:59 -0500

The trash that destroy property like this should be shot. Let them destroy their own neighborhoods, but don't piss on ours.