Another Fresno Graffiti Video
I seen this floating on Youtube, a video of some current graff floating around the NoTown.
Fresno Police crackdown on graffiti Writters
Calif. (KFSN) — An attempt to crackdown on graffiti has led to more than 200 arrests by Fresno Police including suspects in a recent homicide.
Officers in the southeast area of the city conducted more than 200 parole and probation searches of known taggers over the last two weeks. Undercover operations also were conducted in widely known tagging areas.
Fresno Police officers say they have seen a spike in graffiti-related violence. Investigators say in the past three months there have been eight tagging related shootings in the City of Fresno.
Officers say rival taggers are beginning to act more like gang members and crews are now carrying guns.
“What we’re seeing kids being killed; being shot over graffiti. Tagging crews are becoming more violent and that’s a concern for us,” said Capt. Randy Dobbins with the Fresno Police Dept.
The graffiti investigation helped police identify the suspects in a recent homicide. They say the shooting on Turner and Maple Avenue on March 8th was directly related to feuds between two tagger crews.
One suspect, Shane Bernal, has been arrested in connection with the murder. Police are still looking for two others, Jesus Melgarejo and Carlos Luna.
The City of Fresno battles graffiti vandals
The real meaning of graffiti is losing its true value. Why cant these guys keep it real and 100? It used to be all about bombing. but now they want to take each others heads off for some names on a wall. Just Paint!!
Graffiti Going Hard In Fresno (2Videos)
Graffiti In central California they say is in a tidal wave it come real hard then it fades away. These guys need to be going hard all the time. Chris Sorensen wall is flooded with art and vandalism, its hard to be determine what is what to the city officials. With so many new graffiti writers and lacking the skills to provide what some might call art. The graffiti in Fresno is rising. It will continue on its way some young writers will eventually fade out. The city and other private companies like Chris Sorensen should provide more legal walls for these graffiti artist to do they work.
So let me know why does the city bash graffiti writers, and artist ? Graffiti has lead me to fulfill the position I currently hold as a graphic designer and web designer. There is a lot of positive that can result from graffiti artist.
Exit Through the Gift Shop A Banksy Film
Fresno Film Works
- Friday, August 13, 2010
- 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- The Tower Theatre
- 815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno [map]
- $10.00 General Admission
- $8.00 for Students and Seniors
- buy tickets now →
“The more you think about this unusual film, the more fascinating it becomes culturally and sociologically, dealing with notions of mania and obsession, art and commerce, hype and quality.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
“‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ offers an absorbing glimpse of a bracingly subversive slice of the culture, as well as some tantalizing images of Banksy at work.” – Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
“An exhilarating hall-of-mirrors look at what happens when global art fame turns anonymous, artists become objects, fans turn into artists, and the whole what’s-sincere-and-what’s-a-sham spectacle is more fun than art was ever supposed to be.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
See The Trailer
Synopsis
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, “It’s basically the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed.”
Directed by Banksy
USA/UK, 2010, 35mm
87 minutes, Rated R
English