American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Pretty Incredible Street Animation

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Graffiti vs. ‘Street Art’

Peter Vallone Jr. is a huge… Let’s just simply say he is a big name in the ‘war’ against graffiti. In a recent Colbert Report segment Stephen Colbert took aim at Vallone. Apparently the Colbert Report used him because they “wanted to speak to they person most despised by the graffiti community.” The video is [...]

What’s The Matter With Kids These Days?

I get such glee about reading about idiocy, usually while thinking “You must be f#cking kidding me!!”
And today we have a two-fer:
First up we’ve got a school district in Atlantic City, NJ that has suspended a seven year-old due to “the school’s zero-tolerance policy for guns.”
Now, guns in school are generally considered a bad thing, [...]

Ass-Kicking Waiting to Happen

Last week was a big one for the collective known as The Splasher.
A little background first: In the past year or so in New York a lot of street art and graffiti was literally being splashed with paint, frustrating many and defacing work that was already defacing property.
There didn’t seem to be much reason [...]

Banksy is THE MAN! (or possibly THE WOMAN!)

Well, not “The Man” as in big government. “The Man” as in really awesomely cool (and yes I realize this is the second post today to use awesome and I warn you, it may not be the last).
Let’s start at the beginning, you know who Banksy is, right? You don’t? Well here is his (or [...]

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