78. Graffiti should be illegal and free - Yesca (Canada/Japan)

Although he's painted those five letters for 29 years, Yesca has never mixed his graffiti with his commercial endeavours, despite a loyal following who desperately wishes he would.  Here we talk about why: his philosophy about graffiti and how he feels about his gallery work honouring his graffiti aesthetic without selling what he believes should be free.  On this episode, we have a great chat about his punk political graffiti roots and have a good bitch about the commercialisation of murals and the limits on artists when creating for a crust. He also shares a lot of wisdom gathered from his graffiti OG influences over the years.   Yesca online:  https://www.instagram.com/yesca1ban/  Street Art Collector podcast:  https://thestreetartcollector.libsyn.com/  Podcast producer and sponsor links:  https://www.instagram.com/stephanieob/  https://twitter.com/stephanieob797  https://www.instagram.com/splatrsart/  https://www.totemo.art/   https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/   Music by RomanBelov from Pixabay