Being a graphite artist turns out that it is easy to feel, the expression of art can not be done in any place. If it is not in accordance with the taste and desire of the ruler, it can deal with the police party, such as the street artist Shepard Fairey when wanting to express his art in the city of Detroit.
"Because he is the famous artist does not mean we can't catch it. The fact he has damaged several city buildings," said Police Detroit, Rebecca McKay was interpreted from The Detroit Free Press.
This statement comes out after the street artist Shepard Fairey visited Detroit because it wants to make the biggest graphite along his career. However, the destiny of the destiny was precisely pumping him, he was accused to do vandalism against the city building.
In contrast to Detroit, IJ Hallen, located in the area of Amsterdam Noord, the former shipyards of the Frenche Droogdok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij (NDSM) is a paradise for artists. The shipyard was built centuries ago but 1984 had bankruptcy and left their office used buildings.
Local artists take over this area and make some creative activities one of them by making the nyaris graphiteians adorn the entire wall of the building.
Local governments even provide support to local artists so that they develop their creative ideas at the location that is also the largest place in Europe.
One of the only Rasta & Zace of Dutch Master Crew (DMC) began planning will make the graphite in Utrech and painting there, but because of the circumstances, the plan changed to paint on NDSM, Amsterdam.
In a certain period of time paintings on this wall alternate the theme depending on the ‘mood’ of the artist, for example the cardboard head of the fungus, halloween pumpkin, even the face of Marlon Brando the Godfather with white black coretan, also a boat that has been painted a variety of colors.
Before entering the NDSM dock, the visitors can see a diving boat that has no longer function with the 4711 number decorated with the graphite coretan almost throughout his body.
Text and Photos Hermanus Prihatna
