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LAPD Senior Lead Officer Jack Richter has vowed to 'prosecute anyone caught defacing public space,' reports the New York Times. LAPD has responded to the increase of graffiti around the Little Tokyo-based Geffen Contemporary by stepping up enforcement. The arrest also netted evidence of his current graffiti work seen on the Metro Blue Line. The street art legend was wanted for an outstanding warrant for failure to pay restitution from 'previous vandalism crimes' and now held on $320,000 bail. And it was sheriff deputies who arrested Williams just as he was about to board a plane headed for Ireland. Augie Pando, who helps oversee the County's anti-graffiti task force. 'The exhibit kind of glorifies graffiti,' is the oft-used quote attributed to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's report there is an increase in tagging at the Little Tokyo/Arts District Gold Line station, located across the street from MOCA's Geffen Contemporary, and inside the light rail cars that bring young audiences to the show.

It was the whitewashing of a mural by Blu, first commissioned by MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch, that made censorship a debate topic before the show began. He is one of the participating artists in the exhibition that surveys the history of street art - his arrest is just another footnote in the show.ДЄrt in the Streets' auspicious introduction wasn't a high profile press junket or opening night celebrity filled reception. While the show has been tagged as a success by critics and been enjoying solid attendance, the exhibition isn't matching the action found on the streets.ДЄuthorities announced Sunday that Jason Williams, who is know as 'Revok' and as a member of 'Mad Society Kings' (MSK), was arrested Thursday at LAX. RiverThe Museum of Contemporary Art's ambitious Art in the Streets carries a decree declaring graffiti is a contemporary art form.

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The series has covered art in the streets, whether it be murals or graffiti, in its installments of Venice and the L.A. This post is in support of Departures, KCET's oral history and interactive documentary project about Los Angeles neighborhoods.

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