![]() ![]() He said he believed the tags were connected to the exhibit and hoped visitors would be respectful of the neighborhood. In addition to MOCA’s agreement to immediately clean up any graffiti, surveillance cameras have been installed in the area.īrian Kito, president of the Little Tokyo Public Safety Assn., said he had definitely seen an uptick in graffiti on buildings around the Geffen Contemporary, including the one that houses his sweets shop. MOCA has been working with Little Tokyo community leaders to deal with the graffiti. “We want to put out an inspirational message: If you harness your talent you can be in a museum someday, make a contribution and a living from it.” One of the show’s possible intangible benefits, he said, is that taggers now spraying illegally might see the exhibition and raise their sights. But in an interview last week, director Jeffrey Deitch said the museum anticipated that “Art in the Street” could bring unwanted graffiti from “some of the young taggers who are anarchic.” MOCA officials declined to comment about the controversy Monday, except to say they were cleaning up the graffiti as quickly as possible. The exhibit features paintings, mixed media sculptures and interactive installations by 50 artists, emphasizing Los Angeles’ “role in the evolution of graffiti and street art, with special sections dedicated to seminal local movements such as cholo graffiti and Dogtown skateboard culture.” The exhibition traces the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s “to the global movement, concentrating on key cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Sao Paulo where a unique visual language or attitude has evolved,” the MOCA website says. “As former Chief Bratton was fond of saying, ‘if you want to be an artist, buy a canvas.’ ” “We respect the rights to have an art exhibition, but we demand the security of other people’s property,” Richter said. The pair were released while the investigation continued, and Richter said officials were checking to see if they had flown back to Paris.Īfter their release, their trademark mosaics were attached to several buildings, including the Geffen Contemporary, he added. ![]() Richter said authorities believe that one of those detained was the street artist known as Space Invader, who has left mosaic tiles of the vintage video game in cities around the world.
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