Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Expanded tweet about a Parisian Street Art Video Clip

I said it before and I will say it again. I truly don't trust folks who say they want to rid a neighborhood of 'graffiti'. I did some tweets about this online some years back. Now I saw from an Arabic language Twitter account showing a video clip from New street art in Paris. Already, I viewed comments from folks saying this isn't Paris' true artwork. That there is better works in their museums and galleries. I CALL FOUL. These same folks would gentrify a neighborhood and drive its original residents out. Gentrification is just colonization on a smaller, more urban scale.

Here's what I quote-tweeted:
Street Art is the art of the masses.✊🏿 The soul of a neighborhood. A community's color. Anyone who believes art should only be in museums and galleries is an elitist and doesn’t believe in inclusion. 

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