Art lovers move graffiti artist's work [Detroit]

UPI ^ | May 15, 2010 | staff reporter

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DETROIT, May 15 (UPI) -- A controversy has raged in Detroit over what to do about a graffiti mural left on a decaying plant wall by famed British-born graffiti artist Banksy.

During a recent visit to the Motor City, the artist known as Banksy, an international art world celebrity, secretly stenciled a painting of a boy holding a can of red paint on the wall of the crumbling 3.5-million-square-foot Packard plant. The caption on the work read: "I remember when all this was trees."

A group from the 555 Nonprofit Gallery and Studios, moved the 7-foot-by-5-foot section of cinder block wall with a forklift and placed it in a wooden frame near the base of the Ambassador Bridge, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Now, a debate has erupted over whether anyone had the right to relocate the Banksy piece and whether it should be protected in the future. Some Banksy works have sold for thousands of dollars.

"What does it mean to move a wall?" asked Luis Croquer, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. "And beyond legality, who does the wall really belong to, and now does the art belong to the gallery? To everybody? To nobody? We're operating in this space where there's this lawlessness that opens up possibilities that would be harder to encounter in other cities."

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Ok, I need some explanation of these pictures.

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Thanks for the infor on the Packard Bldg.

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happinesswithoutpeace,

I respectfully ask you not to post me.

I tried graciously to tell you to stop spamming my FReepmail and not to post to me.

You are the reason paulcy left FR. Paulycy was a wonderful poster and I, and others miss him.
I know we both were stalked by you and we didn’t like it.

We asked you to STOP and you didn’t.

Please respect my wishes and refrain from posting to me, K?

Thank you.

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Salvation Mountain is on the old dismantled and abandoned Fort Dunlap World War II Marine training base. The artist/tagger does not own the property. He is a squatter. On “your” land. ;-D

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OUTSTANDING!!! "Who is John Galt?"

We need to listen this segment frequently to remember not to let our guard down again socialism.

And it seems we're ready for that electrostatic motor!

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Art directors contribute to society, more than ...um ...erm.....oh, never mind. ;-D

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Here's a website: There are images and explanation of what it is.

It's graffiti with knitted/crocheted yarn, I suppose.

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Thank goodness cities now have preservation societies to lobby for/restore historic buildings. They're not always successful though.

Brush Park, Detroit 2001 [lost]

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LOL ... in Europe they are even yarn bombing Banksy's works.

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You’re welcome. The Kahn design revolutionized commercial building techniques.

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lol.

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At the graffiti or the remains of the buildings?

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Let me guess..... This “arts” group is fully funded by tax “donations” and foundations and local “support the arts” government spending

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The older houses and historic preservation is one reason I've always enjoyed traveling around the midwest. I visited Lafayette, Indiana, just across the river from Purdue, and it's Historic Section is outstanding.
When the merchants did well they built fancy homes on the high ground away from the river and really had some beautiful overlooks.

The likes of a Brush Park won't be seen again, I fear.

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Here's one: Erb Foundation approves $1.09 million in funding, awards $75,000 of it to Southwest Solutions & 555 Nonprofit Gallery & Studios

a little further down the article...

• $65,000 to Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services to help develop awareness and advocacy of environmental issues in the Arab American community in Detroit, in partnership with other communities of color.

And this was only the first google hit .....argh!

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Then shoot him

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Have you been east to Ashville, NC. The amazing Biltmore Estate [250 rooms] is quite something to see. The gardens are wonderful.

When the captains of industry came to build summer cottages in Newport, RI ...they tried to outdo each other.

One of my favorite "famous" houses in the US is Mark Twain's Nook Farm.

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I've never had a chance to tour the Biltmore site although I've seen and read much about it. What an army of servants and workers the place must have needed!

In addition to Twain's house I found an online site of Historic Buildings of Connecticut. Beautiful places!

Twain's old place shows what $131,000 would buy back then.