Comments on: Hope all over the city http://chpn.net/news/2008/04/22/hope-all-over-the-city_1566/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:55:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: j http://chpn.net/news/2008/04/22/hope-all-over-the-city_1566/#comment-21845 j Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:10:25 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=1566#comment-21845 I think it's important to note that none of the art Hope puts up damages anything. I doubt the city puts him in the same league as the taggers. Everytime I see a new sign, it brightens my day. They have very positive messages. I doubt they will bust him. In fact, maybe they should hire him. I think it’s important to note that none of the art Hope puts up damages anything. I doubt the city puts him in the same league as the taggers.

Everytime I see a new sign, it brightens my day. They have very positive messages.

I doubt they will bust him. In fact, maybe they should hire him.

]]> By: Gray http://chpn.net/news/2008/04/22/hope-all-over-the-city_1566/#comment-21819 Gray Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:30:28 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=1566#comment-21819 Read works by Larry Levis in Blackbird, VCU's online journal of literature and the arts: http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v6n2/poetry/levis_l/index.htm Read works by Larry Levis in Blackbird, VCU’s online journal of literature and the arts: http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v6n2/poetry/levis_l/index.htm

]]> By: Eric S. Huffstutler http://chpn.net/news/2008/04/22/hope-all-over-the-city_1566/#comment-21817 Eric S. Huffstutler Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:10:31 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=1566#comment-21817 I find this particular painting interesting because it is of the late poet and VCU professor Larry Levis. He happened to have died in the North Wing of our house in 1996. Here is a link to the actual photo this was painted from: http://www2.eugeneweekly.com/2001/04_12_01/graphics/books.jpg Eric Huffstutler I find this particular painting interesting because it is of the late poet and VCU professor Larry Levis. He happened to have died in the North Wing of our house in 1996. Here is a link to the actual photo this was painted from:

http://www2.eugeneweekly.com/2001/04_12_01/graphics/books.jpg

Eric Huffstutler

]]> By: beth http://chpn.net/news/2008/04/22/hope-all-over-the-city_1566/#comment-21811 beth Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:41:12 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=1566#comment-21811 The thing I notice is how the city will crack down on the VCU students who are tagging around town, but they do nothing to the gang and pseudo-gang members who leave their marks around town. And, the writers of the gang-type graffiti are often violent and dangerous offenders that need to be taken off the street. If the vandalism laws apply to the art students, then it should also apply to the gangsters. The thing I notice is how the city will crack down on the VCU students who are tagging around town, but they do nothing to the gang and pseudo-gang members who leave their marks around town. And, the writers of the gang-type graffiti are often violent and dangerous offenders that need to be taken off the street. If the vandalism laws apply to the art students, then it should also apply to the gangsters.

]]> By: kimmy http://chpn.net/news/2008/04/22/hope-all-over-the-city_1566/#comment-21787 kimmy Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:56:19 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=1566#comment-21787 If Hope were to face fines then so should every political candidate and business that posts illegal signs, of which there are many. However, I didn't gather from the article that anyone was thinking about imposing fines on Hope. Of course, now that it has been brought to everyone's attention, who knows. I, for one, enjoy renegade art. If Hope were to face fines then so should every political candidate and business that posts illegal signs, of which there are many. However, I didn’t gather from the article that anyone was thinking about imposing fines on Hope. Of course, now that it has been brought to everyone’s attention, who knows.

I, for one, enjoy renegade art.

]]> By: Shannon http://chpn.net/news/2008/04/22/hope-all-over-the-city_1566/#comment-21682 Shannon Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:25:15 +0000 http://chpn.net/news/?p=1566#comment-21682 Political crackdowns on this kind of thoughtful, random, and visually appealing community participation is just one example of why Richmond continues to drag behind other cities - cities that endorse and support citizen expression. So many creatives want so much more for this place. There could be so, so much more. This story is just more fodder for our cynical and frustrated artist population to grumble about, in a town that tries extremely hard to think of itself as culturally progressive. So silly, and really too bad. $1.8 million? Good luck! But I would buy a painting to support his penalty fund. For sure. I have long thought that we should bring this brand of artwork to the toll booths, and other institutionalized eyesores that are necessary to workings of the modern populus. What could possibly be so wrong about embracing and validating local, organic talent? I find it really hard to understand. Political crackdowns on this kind of thoughtful, random, and visually appealing community participation is just one example of why Richmond continues to drag behind other cities – cities that endorse and support citizen expression. So many creatives want so much more for this place. There could be so, so much more.

This story is just more fodder for our cynical and frustrated artist population to grumble about, in a town that tries extremely hard to think of itself as culturally progressive. So silly, and really too bad. $1.8 million? Good luck! But I would buy a painting to support his penalty fund. For sure.

I have long thought that we should bring this brand of artwork to the toll booths, and other institutionalized eyesores that are necessary to workings of the modern populus. What could possibly be so wrong about embracing and validating local, organic talent?

I find it really hard to understand.

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