Nara Leaves Mark at Niagara

Photos via amNewYork.

So just where was artist Yoshimoto Nara tossing back a few before his arrest in February? Prior to getting arrested for drawing some smiley face graffiti on the L platform, he was at Niagara bar in the East Village. He adorned the place with original artwork on the walls there, too, but the owners didn't try to arrest him, instead they put it under plexiglass to preserve it.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on March 12, 2009 4:55 PM

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Snoopy

It's signage. At least two of them appear to be signs for the Boy's and Girl's rooms. Yes? No?

The other one I don't know about.

Spirit of 76

Respected? Googling him, his finished work isn't much better.

As for [7] below, if this is the "soul of visual art," I'm glad to be a philistine. Jorge Colombo, noted in a Gothamist story only yesterday, is much more of an artist.

Snoopy

He wont be putting Durer or J. M. W. Turner out of business soon.

NannyState

This is one japanese export that should have disappeared last quarter.

Thelonius Funk

Man, you guys just don't understand the soul of visual art. Stop hating philistines.

fakenewyorker

if and when the bar closes they can chip away the wall and sell those for a couple dimes i'm sure.

luckmagnet

mid life crisis

jibbly

Consider these as "while on the telephone" doodles to his actual major pieces. He's not my favorite, but he is a highly respected (and commercialized) artist.

suepart

it's not graffiti and it's definitely not art, it's like a freaking little kid's goofy scribbles in elementary school.

Spirit of 76

Okay, people are paying how much for art by this guy? Looks no better than stuff proud parents stick on front of refrigerators all over the country.