Originally Posted by roachboy

obviously, the idea that this street art is strictly outside the gallery system or outside the more uptight world of "legit" art is naive at this point. there's a fluidity of boundaries and it's pretty clear that at least some of what you see amounts to public auditions, stuff for portfolios that are sent around with proper artist statements and such. it's been like this for years. so i don't see in street art a necessarily anarchist politics or a rejection of the Man---but i do like it. even the relatively crappy stuff that's around tiny town.