Judging graffiti: Art or vandalism? | KALW - 0 views
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Officer Martin Ferreira, a graffiti abatement officer with the San Francisco Police Department, doesn’t make the same distinction. “It doesn't matter if it’s a Rembrandt. It doesn’t matter if it’s Picasso, if illegal,” says Ferreira. “We’re not art critics.”
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Not all of it destroys and can even add to the city’s beauty. But tagging illegally gets in the way of positive graffiti – and keeps real artists from doing their work.