Bare breasts, suicides and Flaco: NYC can’t handle public art
nypost.comflashed her breasts at the Irish oglers and later announced that she “thought the people of Dublin deserved to see two New York, homegrown potatoes”?
Now, that’s what I call class.Not to be outdone, another jackass on the Ireland side held up a video clip of the 9/11 attacks.
Such valuable cross-cultural connections, these are!All of this bad behavior was rude, obnoxious . . . and as predictable as the sunrise.A good rule of thumb for those planning public art displays in New York City is: If you build it, they will come and deface, defile and vulgarize it.We barbarians of the five boroughs just can’t help ourselves.
NYC won’t even allow a subway poster for a Broadway show to peacefully hang without first drawing a mustache on the leading lady.So, why would we treat Banksy any differently?In 2013, when the controversial British graffiti artist stenciled a little beaver on an East New York wall as part of a month-long, so-called “residency,” some vandals almost instantly spray-painted over it “we don’t need more rats!” I endorse that message.
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