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I wonder if Damon would let me come over to his house (if he even has his own and doesn’t still live with his parents) and let me paint my hip, urban art on his stuff. Utility boxes belong to all of us and the cost to maintain them is passed on to taxpayers. I’m less sympathetic towards defacing empty buildings but it’s still someone’s property.
From the way it looks Damon didn’t paint on anything except that paper, which is so thin it’s practically see through. if you want to come rice paper my house i’m down. i think the sales tax he paid on the materials he used to put his art up probably paid for the taxes it will take to clean it up, if it doesn’t just fall itself. the benefit to it is one day if we support him he might make money from his paintings, resulting in more tax money than we can get from him if we lock him up. you, on the other hand, are probably one of the people sending stupid complaints to the city, costing us more tax money then damon.
I was tempted to respond to this post with a snarky piece along the lines of an Onion article. “Boring Graffiti Scandalizes San Marco Theatre (Patrons and Staff Alike!)” - or something equally inane.
Probably it’s not worth the time, and irony might escape our “cool new street artist.”
@Damon - come down to the Theatre, talk to me or any of the FUN! PERSONABLE! PATIENT! staff. You’ll find that, while your work gives us another drab thing to talk about, it’s a pain in the ass to clean… and we have enough shit on our bathroom walls.
p.s. Does it still qualify as “street” if it’s inside the building (of an independent business nonetheless)?
the bg has some unwanted restroom work too. We’re hoping parties will come back and restore. we were heading in the right direction as a whole but i’d rather see things that improve the aesthetic and don’t interfere with contributing structures. inside or out.
I hope this exciting new artist has the chance to decorate the inside of a running wood chipper.
Shits weak.
Damon is only 7 years old. Relax your defenses, he finds refuge in bathrooms where he’s recently learned that it takes 4 squares to actually go number 2, as well as practicing his line drawing skills that will surely land him in LaVilla one day!
He can use the bathroom at the lodge to learn then.
First of all I would like to thank Joey Marchy for giving me a spotlight on the net! I googled my name on my cellphone out of boredom while waiting for traffic court and boy was I shocked to see this. I was excited to see those five points pasting got photographed before being removed. What is shown here is only a small taste of other stuff I have done. I do stencils (the crows and lionheaded snake creature primarily) and have been practicing writing as well although my words aren’t as polished and typical as other more developed taggers. I am sorry if my bathroom and other indoor scribblings have offended the posters on this site (although I found the wood chipper comment to be very funny). I do in fact find refuge in bathrooms. Basically because I enjoy using my marker on the smooth surfaces found within bathrooms and practice makes perfect. I can guarantee to the victims of my crimes though that leaving what I did there will not harm their establishement or breed any new crime waves. If you have any further grivanences to air out on me you are welcome to email me at damonnarret@gmail.com
i’m pretty sure that the owners of those establishments will NEVER be appreciative of vandalism. if you are so confident that they would like you to throw crap up on the walls, you should ask them first.
you people are way to harsh on this guy. wheat pastes defiantly are not permanent and are super easy to take down. why arent you yelling at the unartistic teenage assholes who write things like “sara and kayla bfffffl” ten times on the bathroom stall. or better yet, i bet you love scrubbing that 10 inch penis off the side of the urinal…yummy.
maybe you should take his pasting as a compliment… hes probably just trying to make your gross ass restroom a little more colorful.
Um, whether wheat pastings are easy or hard to get off is beside the point: this dude went into a provate business and put up a HUGE picture, which appears to be in marker, not a wheat pasting, without their permission. To top it off, it looks like a 3rd grade girl’s notebook drawing to top it off. How about if I come over to your house, Litoni, and draw something terribly stupid on your bathroom wall? This is not art, and nothing to be proud of, otherwise homeboy would’ve just asked the owners if he could do it. In short, this is disrespectful, illegal, and does not help other artists, doing cool tags and art, get their point across.
I can guarantee to the victims of my crimes though that leaving what I did there will not harm their establishement or breed any new crime waves
Whoop dee doo, buddy. If that makes you feel better about the bullshit you pulled off, then good for you. I, and most others who put 2 seconds worth of thought in, can see that what you did is uncool and makes me have zero respect for you. Personally, if you did this to a business that i owned, I’d find you, kick your ass, and then make YOU clean it off the wall.
Once again it was never my intention to offend anyone. I tend to forget the importance people place on the things they have claimed as theirs. of course my bathroom scribblings are juvenille! i dont have a lot of time in a bathroom before i get caught and those are my drawings i have to offer it, plus no one here has ever drawn for fun? I like to think what could be done with that hate that has been generated in hypothetically hunting me down. Am I really the most notorious bathroom vandal?
You are admitting to being a vandal. Just making sure you understand that. With regards to the bathroom at 21 east Adams (burrito gallery), you left your name, scribbled large, on a piece of property that didn’t belong to you and was not in the least bit improved by your vandalism.
You can come correct this any weekday morning from 8am to 11. Ask for Paul. Do not expect him to be happy about meeting you. Though he will probably be glad that our customers don’t have to look at your sprayed on name any more
or pay for your vandalism.
We don’t want or have time to hunt any one down though it seems that it would be pretty easy in this case. I think you voluntarily taking care of all your vandalism in private businesses will cost you a lot less than having to do it through some legal system. In the end you’ll probably have to clean it all up anyway. I’d do it now.
I think Biggie nailed it. It is SO beyond irresponsible and un-artistic to take the stance of “Oh, gosh, you mean someone might not actually want my so-called “art” on/in their business? Well, gosh, THEY can clean it up on THEIR time withe THEIR work.” And, I will personally say that the BG bathrooms have been tarnished by too many crappy taggers and or “artists”.
i apologize…i did not understand that the bathroom markings where not wheat pastes. markers are a different story…
damon, stick to wheat pasting abandoned buildings, more people see it, and its less likely to be demolished in 24 hours.
I’ll go and clean it up with some white paint some time. It wasn’t my intention to enrage people and put them in a vindictive state, just can’t help myself from doing all kinds of stuff.
the burrito is neither enraged nor vindictive. I feel better about the whole thing. But its complicated to own a business and there are a lot of things you have to do. Lots that you might not think of right away. Cleaning up graffiti is a good example.
You can’t just roll it out unless its the exact same paint color and even then, if its been a while it won’t look great. It will look arguably better than your name spray. Though you did rock the corner which is not really just rollable either. Anyway the bathrooms need to be repainted and eventually we’ll get to it but if you wanted to come in and help knock it out (with the morning crew) we would buy you a big burrito lunch and a beer if you are of age. If not a soda or tea or a red bull. It wouldn’t really take long for you and our guys and the bathroom can use a fresh coat. This is a one time offer ONLY TO MY MAN D. We can’t go back after this painting. No more burritos for painting bathrooms after this one.
Also we don’t condone the vandalism of any body else that got tag and hope they get satisfaction in their vandalism claims. We also enjoy street art that improves the aesthetic and does not harm but improves people and/or property.
Damon,
your art is crap. I hope a dog bites you on the ballsack and runs off with your tiny little testicles.