Yoshitomo Nara arrested in NYC
Yoshitomo Nara should not be underestimated.
The NY Post reports that on his way home after installing his current solo show at Marianne Boesky in Chelsea, Nara was accosted by the NYPD allegedly struggling briefly with officers before eventually being “charged with resisting arrest, making graffiti, criminal mischief, possession of graffiti tools and damaging property” for drawing a smiley face on a wall at the First Avenue L station. He spent the night before the February 28th opening in jail.
Staff at the gallery declined comment yesterday, but a Japanese television crew doing a piece on Nara said the arrest would only give the artist more street cred at home.
“He’s going to get big notoriety for this here and in Japan,” a crew member said.
Yoshitomo Nara at Marianne Boesky
February 28 – March 28, 2009
509 West 24th Street
New York, New York 10011
Press Release [.PDF link]
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