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A part of the viewer’s graffiti with green paint. [사진 제공 = 전시기획사]In the art exhibition hall in broad daylight, an absurd incident occurred in which visitors were not punished for graffiti in the painting ‘Untitled’ (700 cm wide and 240 cm long), a painting by the famous American graffiti artist John Won (58) worth 500 million. livestock.
On the 28th at 1:40 pm in the P / O / S / T exhibition hall on the first floor of the basement of the Lotte World Mall in Songpa-gu, Seoul, a young man and a woman put a brush and green paint underneath. of the work. At the ‘Street Noise’ special exhibition, I left after leaving 3 large green brush marks on the paint.
Approximately 30 minutes later, an exhibitor who checked the markings on an 80 cm wide and 150 cm long green brush at work reported it to police and scanned CCTV to find the couple shopping nearby. They are said to have said, “Because there is graffiti on the wall and there are brushes and paints, I thought it was okay to do graffiti.” It is an explanation that he thought was a work of public participation and he painted it with paintings placed on the ground. However, there was a notice on the wall that this brush and paint were exhibits reproducing the situation at the time the artist spontaneously painted this work at the Seoul Arts Center in 2016.
The exhibition hall with 130 works by 13 graffiti artists from around the world measures 1652㎡ (500 pyeong), and the director of the exhibition center is said to have not yet witnessed the damage.
On the morning of the 30th, the exhibition organizer said: “I sent an email to inform the artist about the damage to the work and to discuss ways to fix it, but have not received a response yet.” It was determined that the work was not deliberately damaged. ”
An official from the Songpa Police Station said: “The company said that it wanted to resolve it smoothly through dialogue, so it was closed on the site.”
Damaged works will not be demolished and will be hung as is. However, the exhibition organizer said that on the afternoon of the 30th, a restoration expert will be called in to find a restoration plan.
Jonwon, who developed street graffiti into art with bright colors and dynamic composition, won the French Resion Doneur Medal in 2015 and has collaborated with companies such as Rolls-Royce and LG Electronics.
This exhibition, which continues until June 13, shows works by graffiti artists such as Latlas, Zeus, Nobra (N5BRA) and Mauz, as well as John Won.
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