The Los Angeles DAs office told TMZ that Banksy was never charged with a crime for creating Girl on Swing or Peeing Dog because they will only prosecute vandalism if the property owner complains. The police report on David Nolls reimagining (vandalizing) of Girl on Swing says Tarantino believes the piece increases the value of her property by $650,000. Why would she complain? Banksy is a graffiti artist whose works sell in auction houses for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Noll is an artist who just got charged with felony vandalism for making videos of himself splattering purple paint over a $650,000 piece of street art. If hes not Marcel Duchamp, hes at the very least Briano Eno splashing some urine on Fountain. la.curbed/archives/2014/04/in_los_angeles_some_street_art_is_worth_650k_and_some_is_worth_felony_charges.php
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:20:07 +0000