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Sometimes people are just plain stupid.
I am a huge fan of urban art. Defacing is tagging with fleeting spritzes of black spray paint. This is not defacing, but covering it with white paint is.
Graffiti as art is beautiful and many cities are beginning to realize that. Trenton, NJ has many walls that otherwise would be eyesores covered in colorful art; Philadelphia had a program that allowed young artists to paint walls of buildings and incorporated that with urban gardens (I don't know if this is still happening today tho).
Bansky probably realizes his art is fleeting, even if we feel saddened when it's painted over.
Keith Haring was a graffitist before he gained worldwide fame and altho he didn't like his art covered up or taken down, he apparently accepted it as a simple fact. Tat's Cru, a group of "Muralists", accept it as well. In a way, it might possibly be appreciated more because it is temporary. Kinda like life...
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