Roadsworth street art returns to Montreal

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[Elenkhos]

every dollar used to clean his graffiti off the public sidewalks and traffic devices, is a dollar that cannot go, for education, meals for children to poor to buy their own,elder care ect... what makes this guy think his art is so important, that others must pay the price for his medium?

[marcusg58]

Actually, money was paid to have this put on the sidewalk in the first place - it is a publicly commissioned work. And it's still there under the snow, ice, salt and gravel at Ste-Catherine and University.

[MisterSimplePRO]

@Elenkhos Spend less in army motherfuckers!

[vinejuli311]

@Elenkhos Costs about 100 bucks for a water pressure cleaner that can be mounted on your back then the average price of water to clean it off with pressure. Which for a company and even the city a minimal price. And its not like the city uses the money for much good anyway i know this is Montreal but in the recent G20 summit they put more then a billion to keep people from speaking there mind when that could have gone to homeless which is a big problem in Toronto. But we all have a opinion.

[Elenkhos]

@vinejuli311 Who cares how much it costs, it's not your money to spend, even if it only costs one dollar thats theft. However, the average cost to remove graffiti from a cross walk for example is over $2500, with the cost of removal of the graffiti, paint and supplies, staff costs and having to re do a traffic survey by a traffic engineer required by federal law, so stop being a social fuck up just because "you" think it's ok to waste tax dollars that could be spent on lets say the homeless?

[vinejuli311]

@Elenkhos Well then i guess every coka-cola add you see owns the whole damn city? look i just think its stupid that i have to stare and adds all day in between my shows even and still cant do the same. plus removing graffiti cost much less then you think. a lot less.

[Elenkhos]

@vinejuli311 Because its not his property, and he does not have a right to draw upon it without permission. And if it is public property, they have to clean it and put it back to code at a very heavy tax payer expsense, by law. If he wants to make art, let him buy his own materials and paint on his own cavas he paid for.

[vinejuli311]

@Elenkhos I know you posted this a year ago. But i think its the city's fault not his. He makes beautiful non offensive pieces of art which take a boring city and make it wonderful to look at. If the city really wanted to they could have put that money towards good things but they didn't not his problem the city's. Why am i constantly forced to look at corporate or government graffiti or as the public says adds. But a Artist cant post do the same? Its control and hypocritical corruption.

[Elenkhos]

@Vajrayana514 Ewww ... did I really say that? I'm sorry. That was rude... I must have been like in really bad mood. Nah don't say that, my bad.

[Vajrayana514]

@Elenkhos I never said he had the city's permission, I'm saying in effect his illegal actions are stimulating the economy, but I will go fuck myself.

[Elenkhos]

@Vajrayana514 You know Vaj... I'm a successful artist. I have sold works to large corporation, I'm hung in a museum, and I sell privately to dealers in New York, who fly to my city to buy my paintings and then fly back. Telling me the city allows this guy to do this is a load of shit.Because the city CANT give him permission to do this.These traffic control devices are federally controlled. It is illegal to deface them, even the city, can't deface them legally. So go fuck yourself.

[Vajrayana514]

@Elenkhos Right, all of these people would be without a job if it wasn't for street artists.

I doubt that Roadsworth is seriously preventing some starving kid from paying off his tuition or whatever.