Revok Arrested ~ Los Angeles
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/07/alleged-la-tagg.html
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E73 wrote:
This is both sad and lame.
LA has become so gentrified in the past decade, that it now feels the need to hire & pay more cops, just to create the illusion that the wealthy can roam “safely” all over us?
The reality is they’re firing more teachers & closing schools. GRAFFITI is a NON-VIOLENT CRIME. If found guilty a graf writer should only have to pay for the paint & labor to cover up their offense.
Posted on 30-Jul-08 at 5:13 pm | Permalink
ASAA wrote:
I wish I lived in a country where artistic masterpieces like the ones REVOK has been doing for years were glorified and admired, and the visual pollution/takeover of free space by commercial billboards with (at best) manipulative intentions are despised and made illegal….
Posted on 31-Jul-08 at 10:49 am | Permalink
steven wrote:
REVOK is not a tagger he is an artist.
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Posted on 01-Aug-08 at 5:22 pm | Permalink
Nyse AWR wrote:
I’ve known Jason for many years, as we are in the same art crew. I must say that, at least as far as my life goes, graffiti opened doors for me and set me on my path as a fine artist, designer, and illustrator.
Although I am not a close friend of his by any means, I did get to watch as his skills and style developed into something unparalleled in the graffiti world; he is truly a master of his craft.
The life of a master street artist like Jason is a difficult line to walk; on one hand you have the creative genius and on the other hand you have the environment which has marked his birth - the streets. Trying to negotiate this duality is a terrible burden; the expectations that mark your rise to prominence and the ultimate goal to survive as a professional artist are the ingredients of an epic internal battle.
Anybody that looks at his work with an objective eye can readily see that this is not a tagger at all, but a respected street artist that should be revered and encouraged to paint his masterpieces. But, once again, the stereotype absconds the individual. This is the tragedy.
It is also interesting to note that any charge of vandalism is dependent on “Malicious Intent” - how one can look at Revok’s work and derive ‘malicious’ from it is the real crime here.
Posted on 14-Aug-08 at 10:16 pm | Permalink
Hadley wrote:
Thanks NYSE and everyone else who gave great insight!
I am sorry for REVOK and wish him the very best outcome, if there’s anything we can do on our site to support him, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
This talented and versatile artist stands up for the whole community and has worked ceaselessly to give graf the legitimacy, acceptance, and evolution that it deserves. REVOK also makes a point never to work on private property or tag up people’s shit, he even mentions it in Bombit! That interview should be used to persuade against malicious intent charges.
I feel the real loss here is Los Angeles’s. Just like with the taco trucks in East L.A. and immigration enforcement citywide, the people running the show don’t understand the culture and bounty of a free Los Angeles. We could have the most beautiful city streets of murals and artwork instead of all that gray and make it an attraction we’re known for, drawing tourists and putting our Southern Californian culture more firmly on the map.
Stop outlawing free public street art and find a way to hire and incorporate these artists, cuz graffiti artists are born everyday and the need to create cannot be stopped by cutting art classes or locking up taggers. What kind of effect might this have on illegal artwork?
So many people have shame about this city and thinks it lacks culture, continually outsourcing to New Yorkers like Bernard Kerik and Joe Torre and denying our intrinsic strengths. Our local government again and again makes horrible decisions selling out our schools, transportation, futures, and our health, as E73 points out. I am way more offended by that high-rise being built on Santa Monica Blvd. that blocks the view of the mountains when people are stuck in traffic headed east than I am by graffiti.
I find it stupidly ironic that the same people constantly crowing about how ugly graffiti is gloat when an artist makes beautiful graff art like Revok does. How pitiful that these anti-graffiti extremists can’t tell the difference between the art and the shite. And they call us crazy!
Posted on 09-Sep-08 at 1:48 pm | Permalink
omnioner wrote:
that sux man revok is a legend!
how did he get caught!fucken cops!
he just showinn his feelings!
dam!
let revoke go!
ull never stop graffiti artists!
ull never catch the rest like ewok or retna!!
hahaha!!
omnioner!
Posted on 11-Sep-08 at 12:20 pm | Permalink