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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 14, 2015 - 03:52pm PT
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Some diminutive Frenchman who fancies himself a *street artist* has been busy tagging up Joshua Tree.
http://laist.com/2015/02/28/andre_street_art_joshua_tree.php
It seems he's a friend of Banksy, but not nearly as talented.
He calls himself “Monsieur A", or "Mr.A" which real is close to what some folks around here are calling him.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 14, 2015 - 03:58pm PT
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Too bad you don't have any tall cottonwoods out there.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Mar 14, 2015 - 03:58pm PT
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This type of activity needs to stop. My initial reaction is to commit violence on the purps. But we need to live in a more civilized world and educate them.
He should be arrested and put to work cleaning up his own work and that of others, for about 800 hours.
I love this type of thing on appropriate urban surfaces.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujň de la Playa
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Mar 14, 2015 - 04:09pm PT
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^That makes sense. I might add taggers should all be fined, too. I am, however, at a loss as to what constitutes an appropriate urban surface.
 OK by me
Inside of sewers
Underneath side of manhole covers
Anywhere in Merced (hahahahaha - got ya mouse)
Pito Wilson's house
Freeways (asphalt) (doesn't matter at speed, else something to stare at)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 14, 2015 - 04:12pm PT
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we need to live in a more civilized world and educate them.
Oh, I'm sure some 'education' could be arranged, like behind the Circle K.
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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Mar 14, 2015 - 04:22pm PT
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C'mon locker, its "avante garde"
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Mar 14, 2015 - 04:23pm PT
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Todd Gordon posted that up a coupla weeks ago in another thread- I think there was some background about this guy there.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujň de la Playa
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Mar 14, 2015 - 04:30pm PT
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I do have one question. How did he get up on the rock?
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Psilocyborg
climber
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Mar 14, 2015 - 04:37pm PT
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its a troll...he saw the uproar when that woman was painting in national parks and he is doing it to get attention and ruffle feathers.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
therealmccoy from Nevada City
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Mar 14, 2015 - 10:31pm PT
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I really don't think its extreme or wrong or "begetting more violence" to think that this guy deserves a good old fashioned ass kicking.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 14, 2015 - 10:46pm PT
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Those who can, do.
Those who can't, smear their feces on something beautiful and try to accept the negative attention as better than none at all.
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Psilocyborg
climber
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Mar 14, 2015 - 10:49pm PT
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He has a sculpture of mickey mouse with a hard on in his gallery. Yawn.....
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Mar 14, 2015 - 10:54pm PT
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this is obliviously a photoshop troll.
for a man to actually commit such a perversion it'd HAVE to be in the dark!
cause during the day, any JoshuaTree resident would tie his nuts in a knout
then comes the nuclear fallout.
no way that's art.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Mar 15, 2015 - 07:44am PT
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Yeah, the stocks would be a good punishment.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
therealmccoy from Nevada City
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Mar 15, 2015 - 08:11am PT
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Nut, why do you have to be right so often? Probably just a fake internet troll but man the idea of this sh#t pisses me off.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Mar 15, 2015 - 08:16am PT
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I've always been a proponent of the stocks for graffiti artists. Lock them up and let the public piss on them and spray paint their asses perhaps to drive home the public displeasure with these kinds of actions.
What a fuctard. Frenchie can't even use that "I grew up in the tough inner city" bullshit excuse. He's just an affected as#@&%e. Go paint rocks in your own damn country. Worst thing is I bet he has copy cats as well.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Mar 15, 2015 - 08:18am PT
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http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2587692&msg=2587705#msg2587705
From this thread:
this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
Mar 1, 2015 - 09:19am PT
On the street André is known by his graffiti-artist alter ego, the tag Mr. A and for his concept “Love Graffiti.” Mr A is a funny, round face, with a huge smile and a wink that follows you everywhere, and now is all over the world — and often in pink! — a color that is pretty much taboo in the graffiti world, except when itʼs Andréʼs monochromatic style. The Love graffiti are tags of peopleʼs names commissioned by their loved ones that he does in pop colors near where they live, so that they canʼt miss it.
Unlike the past 20 years of street graffiti, where a street artist imposes an anonymous tag for an anonymous crowd — some merely staining a depressing urban landscape, a few becoming famous gallery artists, such as Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, KAWS, Neckface, and of course Samo — André has hesitated to go from the street into the galleries. Rather heʼs given a new sense to his graffiti art, first, by by-passing the walls of the gallery and introducing his imagery into clubs or night spots, which he participates in opening and promoting all over the world. In doing so he has proactively changed the nightlife of cities such as Paris, New York, and Tokyo. He also reinterprets the meaning of graffiti art, from underground opposition to a more friendly and utopian alternative to the day time. André is one of those rare people who is able to make things happen naturally. His genuine generosity extends into the romantic utopian nightspots he creates, and where people meet.
His second move, after having gone from the wall of the street to the walls of clubs, is choosing drawing over classic canvas work. In quiet moments, he prefers drawing on scraps of paper or in notebooks, which heʼs constantly filling, but rarely shares with others. This is a more personal and intimate activity, far from the commercialism of art."
What a crock of sh#t. Nothing about this is artistic.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Mar 15, 2015 - 08:42am PT
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I've harped about this a million times. Within the contxt of an urban setting graffiti can be artistically and culturally appropriate. It is never acceptable on natural surfaces outdoors no matter what some "artist" wants to claim.
Funny Modernhiker who broke the story has been very polite in his interactions with Frenchie... who has just been a defensive ass. Simple request.. could you please verify this was on private property with the owners permission? Answer.. f*#k you.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2015 - 09:07am PT
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The guys at Modern Hiker, for their efforts, received a snotty cease-and-desist letter from Monsieur A's French lawyer.
http://www.modernhiker.com/2015/03/10/mr-andre-issues-legal-threat-to-modern-hiker/
Like any other Red Blooded American, instead of cease-and-desist, Modern Hiker had their lawyer send Monsieur A's lawyer a nice go-fly-a-kite letter.
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