Left, LA II, right, Revok. (images via dnainfo.com & ballerstatus.com)
Time to interrupt the holiday program:
(Press Release) High profile graffiti vandal arrested as he preps to board plane A 34-year old high profile graffiti vandal was arrested by sheriff’s deputies Thursday morning as he prepared to board a plane to Ireland at Los Angeles International Airport.. Suspect Jason Williams, also known as “Revok,” is well known in the graffiti vandalism culture and is a member of the graffiti crew “Mad Society Kings” or MSK. Sheriff’s Metro Transit Services Bureau Special Problems Unit deputies were notified that Suspect Williams had a warrant for his arrest for failure to pay restitution to the victims of previous vandalism crimes. Suspect Williams, a White male resident of the Fairfax District in Los Angeles, had been placed on probation for felony vandalism in Indio, California in 2009. In 2010, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Problems Unit Transit deputies arrested Suspect Williams near a graffiti store where images of his graffiti vandalism were featured. He was arrested with several hundred cans of spray paint and a replica Los Angeles Police Department badge. As a result of evidence discovered during his April 21 arrest (Thursday), other incidents of vandalism were found in the County of Los Angeles. Some of the damage is adjacent to the Metro Blue Line and can be seen by its' patrons. The additional crimes will be submitted to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office by sheriff’s deputies for filing consideration. Suspect Williams is being held in the Los Angeles County jail with bail set at $320,000.00. “We take graffiti vandalism very seriously, said Lieutenant Vince Carter, Sheriff’s Metro Transit Services Bureau. “Criminal graffiti vandals who insist on damaging other people’s property are going to jail and need to pay to fix the damage they caused.” For photos, descriptions and information about the arrests of graffiti vandals, wanted graffiti vandals, and graffiti removal, visit the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department webpage on http://www.lasd.org at: L.A.’s Most Wanted Graffiti Taggers http://sheriff.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lasd/graffiti/ Captain Mike Parker Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau - Newsroom Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (323) 267-4800 SHBNewsroom@lasd.org www.lasd.org$320,000???? If you're having a WTF-moment right now, it's with good cause. Logan Hicks has collected information about some other cases from the last 2 months and look at the bail amounts:...
Opening April 29th, 7-10pm
On view till May 22nd, Gallery is open Wednesday - Sunday from 1-7pm
Having chewed up the streets of London’s east end, British artist Sweet Toof takes a bite out of the Big Apple with his first New York solo exhibition, Dark Horse. Revealing a new series of original works, Sweet Toof’s Trojan Horse greets the city that never sleeps ‘til Brooklyn at the freshest factory in town....
Myself & System have been planning this wall for the past 18 months and finally we got around to doing it. It’s our homage to the masters – Dondi White, Jean Michel Basquiat & RammellZee. 3 of the most influential artists upon the graffiti and street art scenes. We’ve also made a short film about it which we should have ready by mid next week. We hope you enjoy this as much as we have enjoyed looking at their works ever since we started painting.Remi/Rough ...
We are proud to host the “All The Kings Men” art exhibition by Josh Vanover aka SPACEKNUCKLE. His art has been featured on several big brand labels (such as Nike and Stussy) and on the Linkin Park “A Thousand Suns” album. The show with house a number of original art work, as well as, the release of the Spaceknuckle x SURU tee. Opening Reception Thursday, May 5, 2011 7:00-10:00pm See more work by Spaceknuckle: http://www.spaceknuckle.com/SURU ...
Police have received complaints from downtown dwellers about an increase in vandalism they think is related to MOCA's upcoming "Art in the Streets" show at the Geffen Contemporary.
It's not clear to us if residents and business owners have a problem with some of the clearly related murals that have gone up in the area or some of the tagging that has followed. But either way, it's all illegal, the LAPD's Jack Richter tells the Weekly.
Come again?
Yeah, even a mural that's going up on the actual Geffen in Little Tokyo would be verboten under city rules.
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Supporters of the detained Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, have scuffled with the police in Hong Kong, with at least one person being detained after protesters pushed through police barricades.
Around 150 protesters held banners and pictures of Ai on Sunday, and carried a large statue representing democracy.
Ai disappeared into police custody two weeks ago at Beijing's international airport. China's foreign ministry has said that the prominent artist was being investigated for unspecified "economic crimes".
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