Anger over gallery show for notorious L.A. tagger
May 5, 2009 | 12:30
pm
Given some of the outraged comments Culture Monster has received about our coverage of the transformation of Daniel Ramos, alias Chaka, from a notoriously busy teenage graffiti-tagger to a 36-year-old gone legit with his first art show, we are relieved that paint balls can't be shot over the Internet and out through a computer monitor at the other end.
As it turns out, Chaka has his fans, and we're told by Lucy Beer, a spokeswoman for Mid-City Arts, that more than 700 attended his April 25 opening at the gallery, which is dedicated to graffiti art and street art.
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-- Mike Boehm
Photo: Images from Chaka's show, "Resurrection." Credit: Mid-City Arts.
Oh geez, people are angry at YOU for covering an art show? Leave it alone!
Posted by: TradeMark310 | May 05, 2009 at 02:17 PM
I can't figure why people would be angry at you for COVERING the art show. Anger at the event, glorifying thuggery and all of the negative cultural mores that keep the overwhelming majority of urban youth from ever reaching even the bottom rung of the ladder to success...that anger is totally understandable, and justified.
Posted by: Linda | May 05, 2009 at 03:45 PM
Hey Times I'm sure Chaka has his fans, and his fans are busy tonight defacing our neighborhoods!
Posted by: steve rodriguez | May 05, 2009 at 08:12 PM
Art that defaces and damages public and private property, ceases to be art!!!!!! Chaka is no artist!
Posted by: steve rodriguez | May 05, 2009 at 08:15 PM