


“MOCA commissioned Blu, one of the world’s most outstanding street artists to create a work for the north wall of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The Geffen Contemporary building is located on a special, historic site. Directly in front the north wall is the Go For Broke monument, which commemorates the heroic roles of Japanese American soldiers, who served in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, and opposite the wall is the LA Veterans’ Affairs Hospital. The museum’s director explained to Blu that in this context, where MOCA is a guest among this historic Japanese American community, the work was inappropriate. MOCA has invited Blu to return to Los Angeles to paint another mural.”
Die Stellungnahme der MOCA, Los Angeles, lässt doch vermuten, dass BLU einer der wenigen Künstler im öffentlichen Raum ist, der sich nicht der Kommerzialisierung und Vereinnahmung von Werbeträgern beugen wird.