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Image of the Week #5, August 22, 2011: From: Tagging Science Art by Glendon Mellow at Symbiartic. Original source: STREET ART UTOPIA British street artist Banksy created this metaphoric statement in 2008 about the removal of public graffiti. The act was self-prophetic. The original art lasted only a few months. One must wonder what traversed [...]