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Interview with Copyright: growing pink roses on brick walls by Helen Soteriou
Helen Soteriou went to Bristol to talk to street art’s most romantic artist. Hear Copyright talk about roses, romance, and Kate Moss.
Helen Soteriou: Did you go to art school?Copyright: I did go to art school but I studied photography, and with kids around me making art, I got into the habit of using other people’s materials and mashing stuff up and painting and basically it stuck.
Graffiti gains ground in China by Marianne Barriaux
Clean-cut 23-year-old design graduate Chen Chuang sprayed a whitewashed wall in central Beijing in broad daylight with big jagged blue letters -- his clan's signature -- before scurrying away.
"It's not really against the law," said his friend Liu Yuchen.
Chen quickly added: "But once you get caught, it can be very serious."
Interview with Imminent Disaster by Cheree Franco
Brooklyn-based artist Imminent Disaster, has been wheatpasting the streets of New York with historical characters since mid-2006. She lists the New York Department of Archives, Luc Sante’s Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York and the work of 19th century journalist George Foster among her influences.
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