It's been said before and I guess I'll be saying it again. How quick does a plastic protective cover have to come up on a supposed Banksy for it to just kill the whole act of 'graffiti'? This new wall piece was announced and in no less than two days somebody has gone up there and nailed this piece of plastic over it. The paint hadn't event dried from the sidewalk when I passed by it. There's something very cold, while still rather very uncool, about this meticulous protection of graffiti. I would imagine the 'rebellious', fleeting nature of this art form is the point, meant to transcend any kind of neat preservation. Just like performance, you can take pictures of it, but you just can't preserve it, it happened...
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