Iconic wall painted over with grey paint

[jamesmilner]

Kate Street turns grey !! Gutted !! No matter what is planned in the future , this didn't need to be done ? What is better grey ?????? 

Edited 14 May 2019 by jamesmilner

[ren]

Should've just kept the original, was iconic. 

[Channy'sboots]

Woeful. Would any other City allow this to happen? 

[AKCJ]

That's ****ing disgraceful to be honest.

[RoboFox]

Isn't it going to be recreated in the centre somewhere? 

 

Edited 14 May 2019 by RoboFox

[KIRBYFOX93]

the new bloke who now owns the building has done this. nothing to do with Mark @Marks Electrical

[Stadt]

11 minutes ago, Channy'sboots said:

Woeful. Would any other City allow this to happen? 

It’s not 1932 in the USSR, it’s private property and the mural is supposedly going to be recreated in the city centre. There was a Merc article on a few weeks ago 

[The whole world smiles]

Scumbag! I could understand if they were knocking the wall down to redevelop the building but painting over it for the sake of it with grey paint is bang out of order.

 

It's a crime against the city and a crime against art.

[Happy Fox]

9 minutes ago, KIRBYFOX93 said:

the new bloke who now owns the building has done this. nothing to do with Mark @Marks Electrical

 

Probably supports the Redshite.

[Stuntman_Mike]

Disgusting.

 

You can't just relocate original and spontaneous work like that.

 

I don't want to sound too dramatic but I hope they make a statement saying why they've done it because this mural meant a lot to a lot of people.

 

 

 

[Babylon]

1 minute ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

Disgusting.

 

You can't just relocate original and spontaneous work like that.

 

I don't want to sound too dramatic but I hope they make a statement saying why they've done it because this mural meant a lot to a lot of people.

 

They already have, building is being converted into something else. 

[jamesmilner]

[Babylon]

17 minutes ago, KIRBYFOX93 said:

the new bloke who now owns the building has done this. nothing to do with Mark @Marks Electrical

“I used to share a box at Leicester City with Mark Smithson so I care about this, and Mark is happy as long as he sees it go back up somewhere.

[Foxin_Mad]

So why does it need to be Grey? I am not sure why the exterior needed changing.

[Xen]

The building it was on had changed hands and is being developed, so the artwork couldn't stay. All parties involved wanted it to remain, so the original artist has been recommissioned to reproduce it in a different location (probably within the city center) where it can be better appreciated. They're just trying to find the right location for it before starting work.

 

Stop with the knee-jerk reactions.

[Babylon]

1 minute ago, Foxin_Mad said:

So why does it need to be Grey? I am not sure why the exterior needed changing.

It's being converted into loads of flats and shops, so would expect to see doors and windows etc appearing in the wall. 

[WoodyFox]

Just feel sorry for the guy that spent so much time on that masterpiece. 

[Daz1312]

Would he have painted it over,if it was a banksy painting 

[jamesmilner]

17 minutes ago, Xen said:

The building it was on had changed hands and is being developed, so the artwork couldn't stay. All parties involved wanted it to remain, so the original artist has been recommissioned to reproduce it in a different location (probably within the city center) where it can be better appreciated. They're just trying to find the right location for it before starting work.

 

Stop with the knee-jerk reactions.

Surely someone could've let the fans know it was going to be done today , so fans could've got a last look over the weekend, maybe took a few pictures with it  ? Nothing knee-jerk about being gutted we are now without it and disappointed its happened . 

[StanSP]

This is just another reason to hate on Gray. 

 

It's really unfair. 

[Simoken]

to be honest, Kantes painted face pissed me off, so im glad its gone.

[boots60]

1 hour ago, Stadt said:

It’s not 1932 in the USSR, it’s private property and the mural is supposedly going to be recreated in the city centre. There was a Merc article on a few weeks ago 

Oh that's OK then

[Babylon]

1 hour ago, WoodyFox said:

Just feel sorry for the guy that spent so much time on that masterpiece. 

Don't feel too bad... he's getting paid £10-£15k to re-do it somewhere else and made a career from doing it. He's laughing. 

[Babylon]

43 minutes ago, jamesmilner said:

Surely someone could've let the fans know it was going to be done today , so fans could've got a last look over the weekend, maybe took a few pictures with it  ? Nothing knee-jerk about being gutted we are now without it and disappointed its happened . 

Like a massive article in the mercury saying it could be painted over soon? 

[Stoopid]

The artist knows all about it and has offered to do it again in a more prominent/visible site in the City Centre.

The grey-paint ogre is happy to pay him for doing it and is also paying his hotel bills etc while he completes it. So maybe he's not such an ogre after all eh?

Maybe a moment's reflection/research would have told you this before comments along the 'What the feck!' lines were made...