Monday, July 19, 2010

Renowned street artist Banksy tags Detroit, ignites controversy — Autoblog

Renowned street artist Banksy tags Detroit, ignites controversy — Autoblog
It's just a little graffiti, and yet its existence has caused a firestorm of legal wrangling as to who actually owns the work and the building that once housed it. Seems rather odd, until you take a closer look at who is responsible, where it was created and why it exists in the first place.

The Location

Of all the derelict buildings filling the city of Detroit, one of the most famous is the former Packard automobile plant. As much as the city of Detroit would like to do something about the the 3,500,000-square-foot facility, nobody seems quite sure who owns the dilapidated building... nor is there any consensus on who should foot the bill for the massive clean-up project... (click link to title above for full article..)

Banksy's graffiti before it was removed from the Packard plant – Click above for high-res image gallery