By Deon Roberts, Online Editor
Have you ever heard of the Gray Ghost?
If you haven’t, sit back and let me tell you a little about him.
First, you may have seen his work around New Orleans: large spray-painted areas of gray paint on the sides of buildings and over street signs. Gray Ghost, whose real name is Fred Radtke, painted those to cover graffiti.
Radtke sees himself as a good guy who’s out to eradicate graffiti, which is illegal. According to a story by reporter Richard A. Webster in this week’s CityBusiness, the New Orleans Police Department, Mayor C. Ray Nagin, Louisiana State Police, U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI support what Radtke does.
What do you think? Do you support Radtke’s work? Or is he just another graffiti artist?
4 responses so far ↓
Daniel // Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 12:58 pm |
Nothing makes my blood boil like seeing graffiti on public property. It reminds me of the American who got caned in Singapore in the early 90’s for vandalizing… a few good lashings to these little graffiti punks would do them good. Mr. Radtke is a hero in my opinon. Keep up the good work, you are doing a heck of a job!
Greg from New Orleans // Monday, April 7, 2008 at 12:29 am |
I believe that Fred Radtke also tears down flyers that are on telephone posts because that is considered graffiti. Flyering on telephone polls is a generally accepted practice and is essential to the promotion of art and music in New Orleans. Fred Radtke is hurting our city.
Banksy in New Orleans | London Metblogs // Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 11:34 am |
[...] that London’s own Banksy has been gracing the walls of The Big Easy and doing battle with the Gray Ghost. On his website Banksy seems surprised at the city’s constant state of decay: “I [...]
mattz // Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:49 am |
man i got busted 2 times and still do it