OMEN
10-09-2007, 10:08 AM
A slogan created by an artist has been scrubbed off the wall of a Sussex art gallery by cleaners who mistook it for graffiti.
James Cauty painted "Portslade Massif" across the window and wall of the Ink-d gallery in Brighton to advertise his Rize and Fall of the Portslade Massif exhibition.
Brighton and Hove City Council said the removal of the writing by its graffiti team was a "genuine mistake", reports the BBC.
But gallery studio director Dan Hipkin questioned the action, and said the slogan had been on private property.
"Brighton and Hove City Council, like anywhere, have problems with graffiti gangs but this is private property and my problems with the cleaning crew doing this is more about freedom of expression."
Mr Hipkin said he had questioned whether the cleaners would have removed the slogan if it had said "closing down sale".
James Cauty was a member of the 1990s band The KLF and once, along with his former bandmate Bill Drummond, famously burned £1m.
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James Cauty painted "Portslade Massif" across the window and wall of the Ink-d gallery in Brighton to advertise his Rize and Fall of the Portslade Massif exhibition.
Brighton and Hove City Council said the removal of the writing by its graffiti team was a "genuine mistake", reports the BBC.
But gallery studio director Dan Hipkin questioned the action, and said the slogan had been on private property.
"Brighton and Hove City Council, like anywhere, have problems with graffiti gangs but this is private property and my problems with the cleaning crew doing this is more about freedom of expression."
Mr Hipkin said he had questioned whether the cleaners would have removed the slogan if it had said "closing down sale".
James Cauty was a member of the 1990s band The KLF and once, along with his former bandmate Bill Drummond, famously burned £1m.
Annanova