Monday, June 16, 2008
News / Chicagoland RIP, SOLVE
Posted by Whet Moser on Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Brendan Scanlon, aka the street artist SOLVE--whom you may remember from his Blue Line TV installation--was stabbed to death yesterday early Saturday; he was 24. Kirk Tobolski, also 24, was charged with his murder. There's a Flickr discussion thread where people are paying their respects. Here's a video interview with him (he and/or the cameraman was understandably coy about showing his face); he appeared in Shylo Bisnett's roundup of prominent local street artists in Gapers Block. His Daley poster is brilliant; here's a Flickr group of his work. There's a more vague thread here. There are some suggestions here and there that the incident had something to do with a local street punk gang called the 77s; more about them here (scroll down). Update: Just to be clear, there's no concrete evidence or confirmation that any gangs were involved. Information on bulletin boards isn't checked or confirmed, so for heaven's sake don't believe it out of hand (h/t JCP). I think it's interesting to follow the threads and see what people are saying amongst themselves, because you get to learn about new things, but you have to be sensible about what to trust as fact, and I haven't seen anything that gets my mental stamp of approval that's not already in the papers.
(And if you think a specific person is responsible, tell the police instead of posting it on Flickr. Sometimes different people have the same names, etc.)
Here's the impromptu memorial that went up after his death:
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Whet, you have a mighty bullhorn to the world at your dispose. Please don't spread rumors and cause more violence by putting names of gangs that had nothing to do with the incident on the internet. No one in 77 was even in attendance at the party, let alone involved with the stabbing. Show some journalistic responsibility. Thank you.
This is a fair point; I've updated the post.
Fuck Solve and the ass holes who have defaced my neighborhood with "Rip Solve" tags. Trash your own house dip shits.
fuck you dave you pussy il do that shit all over your house 2 ! R.I.P SOLVE! HE WAS THE MOST HONEST AND KIND HEARTED INDIVIDUAL AND FOR YOU TO SAY FUCK SOLVE WITH OUT HIM HERE TO DEFEND HIM SELF SHOWS WHAT KIND OF PUSSY ASS BITCH YOU ARE
You have no right to deface other people's property. Vandalism is not really the best way to memorialize someone. If a friend of mine dies should I burn down your house?
^^^ that's one of the most ignorant things i've read in a while, dave. shows what kind of person you are.
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