Bay Area Graffiti Artist GIRAFA Arrested

by Scott Beale on October 30, 2009 · 6 comments

GIRAFA - "Toy's R Us"

photo by Troy Holden

San Jose Mercury News is reporting that that the San Francisco Bay Area graffiti artist GIRAFA has been arrested.

Steven Free, 30, of San Francisco was arrested Tuesday on a $100,000 warrant, charging him in 10 felony cases in San Jose involving $40,000 in damages.

Fellow photographer Troy Holden has been hunting GIRAFA art for years.

via Caliber & Spots Unknown

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1 J Bigga October 30, 2009 at 11:53 am

This is just horrible!!! He didn’t do anything wrong!

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2 violet October 30, 2009 at 12:34 pm

this sucks! he’s a true artist, a fixture of our rich street art culture and part of its history. free GIRAFA!

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3 Max October 30, 2009 at 12:52 pm

In late breaking news, graffiti is vandalism.

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4 Jesse October 30, 2009 at 5:23 pm

Booo!!! Where do we sign the petition for this artists release? He’s my favorite bay area character.

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5 diane October 31, 2009 at 4:33 pm

Most people feel good when they see girafa’s artwork.

I bet his work has actually discouraged any number of potential happenings …no one can get mad or angry, or want to do anyone harm, with that bug-eyed giraffe staring down at them. The city should be paying him to do his magic, not arresting him.

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6 Free girafa November 1, 2009 at 9:50 pm

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=166548346556&v=wall&ref=ts

JOIN THE GROUP! FREE GIRAFA!

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