defacer

In rhetorically heightened yet ambiguous language, Malcolm appears to propose a literal "defacer" (probably Bellocq himself) intent on metaphorically obliterating the humanity of his subjects.

Bellocq's Women Ruby, Joseph L. 1997

The thing is, the type of message the defacer sends is absolutely indicative of his/her personality.

DEFENDING PRIVILEGE » Sociological Images 2009

I just question whether the defacer is actually a rapist or approves of rape, or whether s/he wanted to shock people.

DEFENDING PRIVILEGE » Sociological Images 2009

A friend of mine wrote a play about that defacer, and it was a pretty good satire of that whole street-art subculture.

"Fairey's warrants weren't just outstanding — they were FABULOUS!" Ann Althouse 2009

City-headed momument defacer comprising of patriot droids/

Style Master Generals AKA The Originators (The Emcee Edition) Part 4 Of 4 Dart Adams 2007

OAKLAND, CA—According to experts at the American Folk Art Museum, the billboard and subway-poster defacer known only as "Suck It" has entered his "phallus in mouth" phase.

Campus graffiti. Ann Althouse 2005

The defacer, says Malcolm, has "inscribed a chilling metaphor for the brutality of the enterprise that offers bodies for sale."

Bellocq's Women Ruby, Joseph L. 1997

In 1996, Janet Malcolm seems equally ill at ease with the comfortable sexual relationships that emerge from the photos, and so she conjures up Bellocq the defacer — an enraged male proclaiming his dominance over his powerless female subjects.

Bellocq's Women Ruby, Joseph L. 1997

The man of the present is a vulgar defacer of interesting monuments, whereas he of the past added to their interest, and prepared a pleasant little surprise for the archaeologist who might walk that way a few centuries later.

Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885

Alleged Facebook defacer banned from net A MAN charged with plastering child pornography over

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