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bigtony2 Wrote:

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> Inside job. No such thing as bad publicity ! Will

> put up the artists value ...... boring.


xxxxxx


I think that's highly unlikely.


Very sorry to hear about the theft, I really liked the picture :(

It is definitely not an inside job, I know.

If you remember what the painting looked like recently, the stik people had wobbly legs. Not Stik's style at all. In May that piece was tagged and as Stik was too busy to come and mend it, and not wanting the tag to be there where it might attract more tags, I touched it up myself. Really badly. So the bottom half is by a middle aged woman who has never held a spray can before in her life! Shades of that old woman in N. Italy touching up a 15th century fresco thought to be by Leonardo! Poor thief!

IngridB Wrote:

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> It is definitely not an inside job, I know.

> If you remember what the painting looked like

> recently, the stik people had wobbly legs. Not

> Stik's style at all. In May that piece was tagged

> and as Stik was too busy to come and mend it, and

> not wanting the tag to be there where it might

> attract more tags, I touched it up myself. Really

> badly. So the bottom half is by a middle aged

> woman who has never held a spray can before in her

> life! Shades of that old woman in N. Italy

> touching up a 15th century fresco thought to be by

> Leonardo! Poor thief!



This is the post I love x

easytiger Wrote:

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> Hi Ingrid,

>

> Do the building owners in the area get paid for

> these murals on their properties? Do any need

> permission from the council?


No, neither the artist nor the building owners get paid, all this is free public spirited stuff. The wall owners often pay the artists' expenses - paint, hire of scaffolding etc. 3 pubs gave them food while they were painting. The pubs, cafes etc have noticed a lot of increased business as people come from all over the place to see the murals and buy in Dulwich. Its win win. (unless you dont like the murals).


And no, you dont need permission for wall paintings, but you do for the mushrooms (on top of Mrs Robinson and Franklins Farm Shop). Im struggling with the council now to get retrospective planning permission, as I hadn't realised you needed it and they are threatening to take them down.

How sad that it's been taken. I love the murals, although they're not all to my taste, I like the colour they add to the area. The fact that the tours bring lots of people to the area is a real bonus for local businesses.


Ingrid - I've noticed the mushrooms but didn't know what the story behind them was - can you help?

IngridB Wrote:

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> easytiger Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Hi Ingrid,

> >

> > Do the building owners in the area get paid for

> > these murals on their properties? Do any need

> > permission from the council?

>

> No, neither the artist nor the building owners get

> paid, all this is free public spirited stuff. The

> wall owners often pay the artists' expenses -

> paint, hire of scaffolding etc. 3 pubs gave them

> food while they were painting. The pubs, cafes etc

> have noticed a lot of increased business as people

> come from all over the place to see the murals and

> buy in Dulwich. Its win win. (unless you dont

> like the murals).

>

> And no, you dont need permission for wall

> paintings, but you do for the mushrooms (on top of

> Mrs Robinson and Franklins Farm Shop). Im

> struggling with the council now to get

> retrospective planning permission, as I hadn't

> realised you needed it and they are threatening to

> take them down.


Thanks. Why do you need planning permission for those particular ones?


Have you seen Colin Harrington's mural?

I'm really sad this Stik has been taken. I really love the local street art.


Hopefully with Ingrid's "touch up" it won't go far.


easytiger - you'd need planning permission for the mushrooms as they are an external addition / fixture. They presumably don't fall within the 'permitted development' rights.

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