Another F**King Debate About What Art Is And Who Gets To Decide (Ft. JESWRI)

Since the beginning of the co-opting of urban art, there has been much debate about what art actually is and who gets to decide. Actually, more likely, it’s been debated since the beginning of the creation of art in general, but we’re most concerned with urban art; graffiti and street art. Spurred on by the chaos around Graffiti Removal Day, we’ve been having more conversations than usual about the “powers that be” interfering with an art form that is, at its core, all about freedom of expression. Wanting to look at this topic from all angles, we connected with Melbourne based muralist and illustrator, JESWRI, who hails from Sydney and grew up in the Sydney graffiti community. Aware of his mainstream popularity and the subculture that enabled it, JESWRI shares his thoughts on the culture as a whole, the problem with policing it, and what our streets could look like if we left the policing of urban art to the artists themselves. <a href="https://medium.com/splatrs/another-f-king-debate-about-what-art-is-and-who-gets-to-decide-ft-jeswri-ceb722bf5d38">Website</a>