The post that was quoted here has been removedI liked this line,
"I’d prefer that someone takes a piece down because it inspires them, not because they want to destroy it. When I put something up on the street I relinquish all control over it, if someone wants pull it down then I can’t stop them."
Kind of like open source art, the linux of the streets.
I think wether street art is challenging, beautiful or irritating is irrelevant.
Fact is that a significant proportion of people find it threatening or distasteful. A street is a public place and people can't "switch it off" like they can with TV programmes they don't like.
Some street art is fantastic but it should be somewhere where people can avoid it if they want.
The fact that huge advertising hoardings are equally annoying or in many cases worse doesn't mean we have to add to them.
The post that was quoted here has been removedIn my view you can't use one injustice as an argument to condone another.
People should be able to avoid advertising as they should be able to avoid grafitti.
On the other hand, I don't suppose I would be able to justify the removal of an ugly building because people didn't like it.