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German Woman Devoted to Removing Nazi Graffiti
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN -- Irmela Mensah-Schramm stopped abruptly at the crudely sprayed swastika on the wall of a pedestrian underpass. Whipping out a can of spray paint from her cotton tote bag, she quickly made short work of it, turning the neo-Nazi symbol into a nondescript black splotch. For the 65-year-old retiree, it's all in a day's work. "I scratched off the first sticker in 1986, at a bus stop in front of my house," Mensah-Schramm said as she ambled through the streets armed with her spray paint and metal scraper. It demanded "Freedom for Rudolf Hess" - Adolf Hitler's deputy, who at the time was ...
Theodora Richards Arrested: 5 Facts About Keith Richards' Daughter [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL NewsA chip off the old block. Theodora Richards was arrested Tuesday night in New York City and charged with drug possession and two counts of making graffiti. Richards, 25, is the daughter of legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, who has seen his fair share of run-ins with the law over the years. Michael Buckner, WireImage Theodora Richards, model and daughter of Rolling Stone Keith Richards, was arrested in New York on Tuesday. Said to have been caught wielding a paint marker in New York's SoHo neighborhood, Richards was reportedly writing the rather quaint message "T ...
Banksy Tags 'The Simpsons'
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Oct. 11) -- UPDATE, 5:13 p.m. Fox has removed Banksy's opening sequence from YouTube, according to TechCrunch. Street artist Banksy has created a name for himself by leaving his mark in unexpected places. Sunday night, the surprise locale was the title sequence of "The Simpsons," which under his direction took a dark turn into a sweatshop where hordes of workers, including child laborers, pen Simpsons animation sequences, stuff Bart Simpson dolls with kitten fur and punch holes in Simpsons DVDs using the horn of a chained and dying unicorn. (Watch it below.) The common response to the ...
Obama Graffiti Illustrates Divide
By Brandon Barker - Politics DailyIt appeared on a lonely street corner in Chicago: a stenciled silhouette of Barack Obama holding a microphone that connects to the United States. Immediately one wonders, What does it mean? We can assume that this graffiti, somewhere on the streets of his hometown, is a gesture of support for Senator Obama. But it's hard to deny the bleak effect it has on the viewer. Obama stands on a street corner--one hand holding a microphone, the other hand pleading--while on the other side hovers the United States, streaked with dripping paint. The only link between the Senator and his country is a long, ...
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