Some interesting wheat pastes went up in Los Angeles that continue railing against Jeffrey Deitch of MOCA, and his decision last month to buff Blu's politically charged mural while the paint was still wet.
The 'art' calls Deitch a douche, and says that his piss is too old, but what we find most interesting, however, is how this group of street art supporters of street art aren't really connected to the active street art community, and how the whole issue is about buffing other people's work, but here these posters go up over two legitimate pieces of street art (from Leba and Cali Killa), essentially buffing them.
What is going on here?
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We are puzzled by this whole scenario.
In one way, we are glad that somebody is making noise against Deitch's decision, which we felt was heavy-handed and a poor one on his part. On the other hand, we think the politicalization of art is, in most cases, incredibly boring and tedious.
As far as we know, Blu is not supporting or condoning these activists protests in any way. Which is not to say that these people don't have a right to voice their opinion and protest Deitch's decision. But to go around capping true street art in the process of the protest seems like the height of hypocrisy.
So really, as far as these pieces are concerned, the main issue is how can these folks purport to support street art and street artists, but then go and hurt the true street scene.
We are curious to hear what the readers think about this?
