street art destruction

Street art has long been a tradition in New York. However, in recent years several now-famous artists have graced the streets with their work. Art by Banksy, Swoon, Faile and others have found a safe home on the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan. However, these works have been challenged by an anonymous artssassin. This destroyer of the streets has been coined as 'The Splasher'- and splash he does!

Apparently he, she, or they utilizes buckets of paint as an arsenal of artistic destruction. The attack is simple enough- a quick 'splash' of colors hits the target- a task that could take mere seconds to accomplish. No one has been able to catch the Splasher even though teams have been assembled to 'guard' works that have yet to be destroyed. Also, the works that are targeted are all works by artists who are now famous- the Splasher does not target common sprawl art.

this short text is nicked from Brian Sherwin

Once street art was a form of activism, a protest against whatever - now the activism has turned into a big lucrative market, as money in not stinking.

It´s just interesting, that people are bristeling against the destruction of - now established- street art, although communities have been, and still are spending huge amounts of money for the buffing of tags, street art and graffiti pieces, which looks at the end quite like the splashing.

The mentioned splashings look like an artistic response to the street art pieces, as they often come with manifestos, glued next to the splashings. Interesting, that anti capitalistic street art idealists and governments have both interest in destroying the established street art scene - a scene, which once had maybe the same anti capitalistic intentions as the splashers.

an example of cleaners: