A piece by Meek.On Saturday I had the pleasure of sitting down with Steve Rotman and Chris Brennan, the boys behind San Francisco Street Art, a new book of gorgeous photography celebrating our city's vibrant street art scene.They talked for a while about why San Francisco's scene is the way it is, citing stuff like the constant influx of international talent, and the city's history of openness and experimentation. "You don't get clowned on as much if you do something weird," Steve explains.As a
Bike photo by Steve Rotman.Last night, I attended the San Francisco Street Art book release party. Steve Rotman and Chris Brennan (whom we talked to last week) hosted a panel of four street artists. The question first and foremost on everyone's mind: Why do you make street art? They all had tons of great things to say, and there was a lot of great back and forth with the audience, but for brevity's sake, we'll keep it quick.First, we hear from Jaut, whose bike we see above. Jaut says he likes t
A few weeks back, I had a sit-down with Steve Rotman and Chris Brennan, authors of Bay Area Graffiti and San Francisco Street Art. In the resulting post, I skimmed past what they had to say about San Francisco's unique climate of openness and experimentation in order to get more quickly to the stuff about politics and crackdowns and legality -- the controversial stuff. Today, we go back and see what else they had to say...
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