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So I recently was in Malaga, Spain (look at me!) which has a heavy influx of British tourists and expats. It's a by a beach area, and the weather is utterly beautiful, making it a travel destination and a relocation one for folks from the UK.
That said, while I was there, they had an unauthorized Banksy exhibit at one of the fine arts universities in the city. It was curated from the private collections of those that had purchased or come across his art. So, I went. Had to see it. It was cool. But -- and here's why this is in the political forum rather than in the main one -- what was most interesting were not his prints or pieces, but his actual unauthorized and illegal graffiti. There were actual walls at the exhibit, though there were only two of those. But there were tastefully done videos and reproductions. So that got me to thinking about the notion of property, both public and private. At what point does all property become available to any member of the public to do what he or she will with it? Who decides? Is someone's unwanted "art" that makes your property worth millions somehow not to be appreciated or tolerated? Is it unjust enrichment? What exactly in the hell do we do with an artist like Banksy?
Anyway, I was thinking about this and I really have no good answers. I'd love to say that private property exists as a natural right because it has been self-evidently so, but what of the utile concerns of the allocation of property? I mean, there's no doubt -- in my mind -- that an artist like this makes our world a better place, but to allow what he does is so fraught with analogous extensions and general problems with line-drawing that there's just no good way to logically deal with it. I mean, we know what he does increases our quality of living tenfold, but how do we reconcile that with the public and/or private right of the sanctity of property?
So it got me to dealing with the notion or property faithfully. I'd post pics of the exhibit, but I'm still unsure how to use imgur to upload stuff -- suffice it to say, you can google a lot of his work and come away with an accurate picture of what you're dealing with.
What say you about incredibly executed graffiti and what it means for property? Can we develop a standard, or is this just something sui generis that we deal with?
Peace.
That said, while I was there, they had an unauthorized Banksy exhibit at one of the fine arts universities in the city. It was curated from the private collections of those that had purchased or come across his art. So, I went. Had to see it. It was cool. But -- and here's why this is in the political forum rather than in the main one -- what was most interesting were not his prints or pieces, but his actual unauthorized and illegal graffiti. There were actual walls at the exhibit, though there were only two of those. But there were tastefully done videos and reproductions. So that got me to thinking about the notion of property, both public and private. At what point does all property become available to any member of the public to do what he or she will with it? Who decides? Is someone's unwanted "art" that makes your property worth millions somehow not to be appreciated or tolerated? Is it unjust enrichment? What exactly in the hell do we do with an artist like Banksy?
Anyway, I was thinking about this and I really have no good answers. I'd love to say that private property exists as a natural right because it has been self-evidently so, but what of the utile concerns of the allocation of property? I mean, there's no doubt -- in my mind -- that an artist like this makes our world a better place, but to allow what he does is so fraught with analogous extensions and general problems with line-drawing that there's just no good way to logically deal with it. I mean, we know what he does increases our quality of living tenfold, but how do we reconcile that with the public and/or private right of the sanctity of property?
So it got me to dealing with the notion or property faithfully. I'd post pics of the exhibit, but I'm still unsure how to use imgur to upload stuff -- suffice it to say, you can google a lot of his work and come away with an accurate picture of what you're dealing with.
What say you about incredibly executed graffiti and what it means for property? Can we develop a standard, or is this just something sui generis that we deal with?
Peace.
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