This is a piece of graffiti I shot in Rio de Janeiro.
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- Munkey
- 9 months ago
Comments for this design
- S1N 9 months ago
MMMM Cannibalism
- elenagallen 9 months ago
this is my fave of all your entries
voting high on this;)
- Munkey 9 months ago
Glad you like it. Obviously, these are my first attempts.
- ThomP 9 months ago
Did you paint that wall? If you didn’t, it’s not really your work…
That said, I quite like it as a deck…
- Munkey 9 months ago
Thom – It’s in the photo contest, not the regular one. I’m not making any claims other than my hope that other people like it as a deck. :-)
- RikkiB 9 months ago
Though it’s a photo contest I don’t think people should be taking pictures of someone else’s art. I doubt that PopDeck would take on the legal risks of selling it since they don’t have the artist’s permission.
- Munkey 9 months ago
Do you really think there is a copyright issue? I could understand if I took a picture of a fast food chain logo and wanted to put it on a deck, but not graffiti.
- RikkiB 9 months ago
You’d have to look into intellectual property etc, not too sure.
Artistically speaking though it brings up some ethical dilemmas. It’s not like you’ve taken a photo of the Mona Lisa, but graffiti artists are still artists, and it’s still their work.
- Munkey 9 months ago
I believe it fits in the realm of Public Domain which is what the rules of the contest require. How is the art of graffiti different than taking a picture of say a door which was hand carved? hehe It’s art too, again, I believe it’s Public Domain. :-)
- Munkey 9 months ago
That said, I doubt I’d use Shepard’s work by using an OBEY sticker. It’s a judgement call. If the owners of Popdeck have a problem, they are free to remove the art. However, I hope they agree with my thoughts.