'Sons of Anarchy' Pisses off L.A. Street Artists by Allegedly Painting Over New Downtown Mural

I Find it funny when Film companies and advertising companies hire street artist to do their slanderous work, and then have the public officials and other money driven companies talk about how street artist are doing nothing but Littering the streets and vandalizing. First they give us the work and then they put us in jail. But I mean , I guess its the way it goes. If you cant make them money then they dont want you on their land. Fuck human creativity and Forms of expression. Its all about making that all mighty dollar.

WHO is "WE ALL"???? And who is "he"??? How do you know ANYTHING? Oh, yeah, you DON'T... 

So it's a crime for someone to sell their wall to a production company?  "However, he says that his landlord, who also owns the building next door, did sell its outer wall space to a film production company. " The owner sold the right to paint the wall. Yes as fuck up as it is, he had the right to do it as well as the production company had the right to paint over it. That is one danger with street art, you don't own it unless it;s your building.

Are you supposed to be some kind of "reporter"? Cause if so, you suck. Dont get your information after the fact idiot. Why would you even run this story without knowing everything? Oh wait its because you wanted to drop Kurt Sutters name and Sons of Anarchy and see what kind of attention you could get. Wow. 

SOA...Reebok biker dewshbags with a script that is way over written...20lbs of shit in a 5lbs bag.

Always find it amusing when street artists cry over their work been covered up. Always sounds hypocritical.

That's me tweeting to that feminine hygiene product Saber! Since that's unauthorized use of my tweet, does that mean I can throw a hissy fit? 

"And Sutter, says Lahoda, "has a history" of not asking for a release of L.A. street artists' material before using it as a backdrop. "

Street art is public art so by definition is free if you want credit or paid for it put it on a canvas and stick it in a gallery.

So, "street" artists want credit for their work?  Sorry, but having the art out in public, creating it in public, most times on public property pretty much means that it is public property.  Get over it "Saber". 

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Is it so wrong the artists who spend days upon days creating these beautiful works asked to be credited? Is it wrong that they are upset their mural was destroyed? These artists are creating these murals to help LA return to its artistic greatness, funny how not one of you see that side of it. You are so upset because the director of your favorite show was fingered as the person responsible. Saber himself said "Kurt Sutter, director of Son’s Of Anarchy, has responded claiming his “brand/production” was not involved with the destruction of Zes, Push, and Ugler’s mural. If this is so then I have NO problem issuing him a public apology. " 

And just because Sutter said he had no part in this, does not mean it is actually true, i mean come on! this guy is the director of fiction. You guys must be the same people who believed Iraq had WMD's just because Bush said they did. 

Changing the title isn't enough. Remove Sutter, and anything to do with him, altogether. Furthermore, issue a public apology.You're the ones who look like pieces of shit in this case, not Sutter.

As much as I love street art as a phenomenon, its exactly that- its on the street. You cant be horrified someone eventually painted over it., and you should be fucking happy someone ever even filmed it in the first place (in response to Saber allegedly being angry for "unauthorized use" in prior film endeavors) Did they pay for that wall for a particular amount of time? Then its understandable. No? It wasnt even their wall to begin with, but someone elses, and HE sold it off to be painted?? Probably. Fuck you Saber; I feel sorry for you old bitter ass. 

Sabers a fool, and this article was initially printed presumptuously, just like his assumptions, but at least its been followed up with info. Ive been a fairly big fan of Sabers work, and many other local street artists, for a while, and this has just left a bad taste in my mouth. After following Sabers childish, bullying tweets that were not once followed by actual evidence, Ive lost respect for him. He is giving "street art" a poor name, and attempting to gain followers on his bandwagon without really providing reasons why. Youre not a "rebel artist" cause you throw accusations and insults around; you're ignorant. Furthermore, I wouldnt fuck w/ Sutter, a legitimate filmaker, when you are.. an aging "rebel" w/ your flame dimming rapidly. 

According to @Saber, his proof is that he heard something from a "friend of the owner of the building". So his "proof" for his slander is a second hand source. No facts, no documentation, hasn't even talked to the guy who actually owns the wall. Which is another thing, Saber or the other artists don't even own the wall! 

Headline is still misleading.  You have zero proof and a source not providing any proof.  Story should be pulled imho.

FUCK SOA

The fact that one would just jump to conclusions and blame, libel and slander someone so much on in social media with no facts is really sick! Art is art and shouldn't be destroyed however if a production company purchases a space that was a previous mural that was not paid for by you, unfortunately I think they need to be taking that up with the gallery and should be careful of who they slander as next time they may not be 'a cunt with a cause' but may have a lawsuit on their hands ...

Who gives a fuck? If Sutter didn't do it you should be more careful about the bullshit you're putting out. And as for street art being exploited in television or film - its STREET ART. It's not private, its a public defacing of others property as a means of often wonderful, community based perspective but to think permission is needed is rediculous. Get over yourselves... And next time check your fucking sources ya hack.

Sons of Anarchy' Producer Pisses off L.A. Street Artists by Painting Over New Downtown Mural" .. "We've contacted Sutter to see if it was really him who commissioned the take-down" Thanks for clarifying that you're checking the facts AFTER you slam Sutter. Idiot!

Recoginizable art....seriously man? I promise you nobody is even paying that much attention to your wall scrawls. You're lucky the city even lets you do it. Shameless self promotion.

we all know he did it.  he has do deny it now cause all of LA is about to come down on him and his show.

You start by blaming an innocent person , then near the end of the trash you call an article , you state that the OWNER of the wall leased the rights to said wall (not to you ). Here's an idea , it's kinda far fetched but here goes , Don't paint on walls you don't own the rights to . If you do and it get taken down wait till you know ALL the facts before you hurl accusations .

Ok, shouldn't Lahoda and Saber be pissed and taking it out on Lahoda's landlord and NOT Sutter???  Seems to me that it's the landlords fault for selling the space in the first place. Again....you really, really, really need to check facts BEFORE HAND.  WTF...seriously...WTF???? 

so you added "ALLEGEDLY" ya thats changing your headline asshole. Im sure if Kurt Sutter really painted over the mural he would've chose something better than red and purple...come on go get your ten minutes of fame somewhere else dont bring kurt sutter into your mess.

if you dont want you crappy paintings show on a tv show, here's a thought... do your graffiti in Delaware. and if you cant bitch about a wall getting painted over if you dont own the wall.

Sutter has responded TWICE, yet you still stay he hasn't commented?????  1. You need to change your headline. 2. You need to check your facts BEFORE accusing some one of defacing art. I hope Sutter sues.

Simone Wilson should be fired for this story. No fact checking at all. And Mr. Sutter responded to the frivolous accusation. Stop being mad that he didn't respond to you personally. With garbage like this, no wonder print media is dead. And based on the colors on the wall, and how they have nothing to do with Mr. Sutter's shows, I'm starting to think Saber did this himself and is now looking for attention and publicity for that LA Free Walls crap. And LA Weekly is aiding in the slander.

If I were mr. Sutter if find my budget for SOA by nailing your asses to the wall for public display. Just another asshat geasping for headlines. It sucks that someone defaced the mural it was great. The paper shoukd comish those guys to do another work and pay outa pocket.

The 'after' shot looks much better anyway

Hey guys hate to break it to you but umm that *is* him commenting...are you seriously upset he didn't call you personally?PS: you still haven't updated the title...in case you forgot...

So Kurt comes in and destroys your art? He pays to take down a masterpiece? All I can say   is I live in a town that the show is filmed in regularly and the show has created more jobs for hard working americans when they start production than any graffiti on the side of a wall has. I would rather have the kurt filming here any day than these so called artists who will blindly accuse people of destroying their work. These remind me of the same people that b**ch and complain that "their" work was cover up on the side of the target building. Im sorry. I didn't know you owned the target wall. Oh thats right, YOU DON'T. I'm not saying the artist didn't have the permission to puts this painting on the wall. Just that he doesn't have the right to accuse someone based on what he heard from someone else.

Guess when you are only known as your 'tagg' moniker, you just guess as to who to blame for painting over shyte.  Sutter is the type of director who would focus on such talented murals, not deface them.  guess 'saber' felt like waving his junk at someone famous.....tho to me, sounds libelous and defamatory.

"Sons of Anarchy' Producer Pisses off L.A. Street Artists by Painting Over New Downtown Mural" .. "We've contacted Sutter to see if it was really him who commissioned the take-down" Thanks for clarifying that you're checking the facts AFTER you slam Sutter. Idiot!

That's funny

Black guy looked like he was taking a dump anyway..

lol it if it was sutter i think he did the world a favor. that shit is ugly as shit. the artist shoud be dragged out in the street and curb stomped by SOA 

First I am a supporter of art and Murals, I love them, but that mural Sucked and the wall looks better now then with the mural it had. Oh and check your sources and provide proof before making a name for yourself by choosing a VERY popular show to blame.

Wow dude you have some balls to blame Sutter. I bet you feel like a real ass now knowing that he had nothing to do with it. Fire your fact checker and apologize to Kurt. You just pissed off a lot of fans.

Wow you have some balls to blame Sutter.I hope you feel like an ass now knowing that he had nothing to do with it. Fire your fact checker and apologize to Kurt. 

Interesting that your update says the article title will be revised...yet it hasn't been... seems that could have been done the same time the update was posted....?

I'll take all the credit you can post a story saying I painted over it cause it was trashy:) Thanks in advance.

So if I say the Pope painted it over you'll just believe me too?