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by jychang 4618 days ago
Yet he's widely considered an artist.

In an CS proofs class, that would be considered a "proof by contradiction".

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Only if you assume that vandalism and art are mutually exclusive.

I must say, I quite love this seeming (or maybe it’s real?) contradiction. There are no absolutes. That’s what makes Banksy’s work so cool.

I could chisel down Michelangelo's David statue into a skeletal structure of David. I'm sure you could appreciate that both as art and an act of vandalism.