A man was arrested early Sunday at the Whitney Museum of American Art after he spray-painted graffiti on a blank wall at the Jeff Koons retrospective during a 36-hour event to close the popular exhibit.And then the fucking Times calls this creative genius a "vandal". C'mon, no true artist can resist a blank canvas.
The man, Christopher Johnson, 33, of Manhattan, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument and criminal nuisance, the police said. He was taken into custody by police after he struggled with the museum’s security guards."Graffiti instrument." Soon possession of pens, pencils &/or blank paper will be criminal. Possession of a Sharpie® will be a capital offense. And just when in the fucking hell were "mischief" & "nuisance" criminalized? I have a list twice as long as both my arms of certain loud-mouthed public figures who've been criminally annoying me for almost 60 yrs. Can the criminal justice system do something about these fucking annoyances before this reporter administers vigilante justice to them? (The race is on, but you aren't going to be running too fast in that stupid
The real problem may be what the Whitney decides to exhibit. Is there a pattern here?
It was not the first graffiti incident at the Koons exhibit, which opened in June. In August, a man splashed a red substance on a blank gallery wall on the third floor of the museum near the artist’s “Rabbit” sculpture. The man was removed by police, and no art was damaged.I think we all know just what Mr. Koons is "gripping," & probably a bit too tightly.
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The exhibit featured Mr. Koons’s shiny sculptures, framed posters and glossy paintings, along with household appliances and children’s toys. The art critic Roberta Smith called it a “gripping show” that “chronicles a sculptural career that is singular for its profusion of color, crafts and materials.”
The 24-metre-high inflatable artwork was attacked by angry vandals in the early hours of Saturday, who cut the cords holding it in place and unplugged the pump that kept the artwork erect, leaving it limp and flaccid.
ReplyDeleteLet you know if I find a picture of this:
His 2003 “Train, Mechanical” features two robotic sculptures of former US president George W Bush having anal sex with pigs.
Heh
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ReplyDeleteDidn't know that was a butt-plug, er, tree, just saw a shot of the limp, uh ... deflated thing, & didn't read the actual story. (Attention span of a gnat.)
Sadly, the pig-fucker doesn't look enough like Bush's face. He has the Robo-Pres. pokin' pigs in the pooper; it's Worse if Worst doesn't have a pig nose.
P.S.: How can they tell it's "anal" sex?
P.P.S.: I'd as soon not know.