Now the topic is vandalism.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's report there is an increase in tagging
at the Little Tokyo/Arts District Gold Line station, located across the
street from MOCA's Geffen Contemporary, and inside the light rail cars
that bring young audiences to the show.
"The exhibit kind of glorifies graffiti," is the oft-used quote attributed to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Augie Pando, who helps oversee the County's anti-graffiti task force. And it was sheriff deputies who arrested Williams just as he was about to board a plane headed for Ireland. The street art legend was wanted for an outstanding warrant for failure to pay restitution from "previous vandalism crimes" and now held on $320,000 bail. The arrest also netted evidence of his current graffiti work seen on the Metro Blue Line.
LAPD has responded to the increase of graffiti around the Little Tokyo-based Geffen Contemporary by stepping up enforcement. LAPD Senior Lead Officer Jack Richter has vowed to "prosecute anyone caught defacing public space," reports the New York Times. Richter, who stated the increase in stickers and tagging is in part due to the exhibition, has always been a steady enforcer of those caught applying graffiti on his Little Tokyo and Arts District beat.
A wheatpaste by French artist J.R. on the side of the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA was defaced by tagging.
"The exhibit kind of glorifies graffiti," is the oft-used quote attributed to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Augie Pando, who helps oversee the County's anti-graffiti task force. And it was sheriff deputies who arrested Williams just as he was about to board a plane headed for Ireland. The street art legend was wanted for an outstanding warrant for failure to pay restitution from "previous vandalism crimes" and now held on $320,000 bail. The arrest also netted evidence of his current graffiti work seen on the Metro Blue Line.
LAPD has responded to the increase of graffiti around the Little Tokyo-based Geffen Contemporary by stepping up enforcement. LAPD Senior Lead Officer Jack Richter has vowed to "prosecute anyone caught defacing public space," reports the New York Times. Richter, who stated the increase in stickers and tagging is in part due to the exhibition, has always been a steady enforcer of those caught applying graffiti on his Little Tokyo and Arts District beat.
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