Mobstr’s conversation with the Newcastle City Council
|British graffiti artist mobstr. recently had an amusing back-and-forth with the Newcastle City Council, which painted over his stenciled statements directed at them.
Tagged: British artist, graffiti art, street art
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james alves said | 27 April, 2010
does this artist is aware that what is spent on WHITE PAINT : is his AND others TAX MONEY????
I hope he will never need a PUBLIC HOSPITAL service , for example:
But other people does:
is this selfish ART ? OR i am mad?
micheal jones said | 15 June, 2010
James are you aware of the MILLIONS of pounds spent on blowing people up in other countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan etc. which comes our of our tax money. There is no humour in that. So before you bitch some artist such as this adding a bit of humour to a very boring part of city and about the minor costs involved in white pain how about thinking about the HUGE amount of our money is being wasted…….
micheal jones said | 15 June, 2010
…………… on inhuman causes.
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Mark Warner said | 25 March, 2010
We love mobstr’s work.
Please check out more of his work on our website where we also have some recent works of his for sale