Comments on: Q&A With San Francisco Street Art & Graffiti Photographer Steve Rotman http://laughingsquid.com/qa-with-san-francisco-street-art-graffiti-photographer-steve-rotman/ art, culture and technology from San Francisco and beyond Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:11:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Criminal http://laughingsquid.com/qa-with-san-francisco-street-art-graffiti-photographer-steve-rotman/comment-page-1/#comment-681507 Criminal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:02:34 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=24352#comment-681507 Lee: I suppose you'd rather have corporations impose their consumerist vision of society through advertising than people expressing themselves in public space? I consider wealthy conglomerates' frantic urgings for free citizens to take on excessive debt and buy useless material items uglier than colorful and emotive art done by real ordinary people for no profit or recognition. If you don't like graffiti, move to the suburbs; street art is a part of urban culture and a response to the property- and commerce-centric worldview so close-mindedly illustrated by your comment. You missed the point my friend and I wonder why you choose to live in SF with that attitude; perhaps Texas would be more to your tastes... Lee:
I suppose you’d rather have corporations impose their consumerist vision of society through advertising than people expressing themselves in public space? I consider wealthy conglomerates’ frantic urgings for free citizens to take on excessive debt and buy useless material items uglier than colorful and emotive art done by real ordinary people for no profit or recognition. If you don’t like graffiti, move to the suburbs; street art is a part of urban culture and a response to the property- and commerce-centric worldview so close-mindedly illustrated by your comment. You missed the point my friend and I wonder why you choose to live in SF with that attitude; perhaps Texas would be more to your tastes…

]]> By: Sarah http://laughingsquid.com/qa-with-san-francisco-street-art-graffiti-photographer-steve-rotman/comment-page-1/#comment-629480 Sarah Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:34:52 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=24352#comment-629480 hey I just got Steve's book, San Francisco Street Art. And I noticed he had one artist, unkonown to him, on the oppisite page of the intro, the green geisha, page 10, 11, 27, 63, and the back cover. The artist is BURNER. I don't know much about him, excet that he does a lot of different styles and wirtes too. But I do know all those pagesa re his art. I just thought someone should know that for the next book. Great pictures. Could you give this info to Steve, this seemed to be the only real link to find him. Sarah hey I just got Steve’s book, San Francisco Street Art. And I noticed he had one artist, unkonown to him, on the oppisite page of the intro, the green geisha, page 10, 11, 27, 63, and the back cover. The artist is BURNER. I don’t know much about him, excet that he does a lot of different styles and wirtes too. But I do know all those pagesa re his art. I just thought someone should know that for the next book.
Great pictures. Could you give this info to Steve, this seemed to be the only real link to find him.

Sarah

]]> By: Lee http://laughingsquid.com/qa-with-san-francisco-street-art-graffiti-photographer-steve-rotman/comment-page-1/#comment-613020 Lee Mon, 11 May 2009 21:15:16 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=24352#comment-613020 Marking another person's property without their permission is anti-social, ugly, and a crime. Marking another person's property <strong>with</strong> their permission has the ability to be art. Every example you cited, Clarion Alley et all all had permission. <blockquote>The amount of graffiti today is exponentially less. It raises an obvious question: what's all the fuss about?</blockquote> Ask that question to the hundreds of people in San Francisco that had to clean up these "artists" shit in the past week, replacing $1,000 windows, spending hours scrubbing with toxic chemicals and renting steamers and blasters. Marking another person’s property without their permission is anti-social,
ugly, and a crime.

Marking another person’s property with their permission has
the ability to be art. Every example you cited, Clarion Alley et all all had
permission.

The amount of graffiti today is exponentially less. It raises an obvious
question: what’s all the fuss about?

Ask that question to the hundreds of people in San Francisco that had to
clean up these “artists” shit in the past week, replacing $1,000 windows,
spending hours scrubbing with toxic chemicals and renting steamers and
blasters.

]]> By: Coty http://laughingsquid.com/qa-with-san-francisco-street-art-graffiti-photographer-steve-rotman/comment-page-1/#comment-612661 Coty Mon, 11 May 2009 06:07:54 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=24352#comment-612661 Great interview. I've always been intrigued by street art & graffiti so this really caught my attention. Now I'm gonna check out the book! Great interview. I’ve always been intrigued by street art & graffiti so this really caught my attention. Now I’m gonna check out the book!

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