Reverse Heist
How it happened
After spending 2 years on each piece, Gagoghs, then known as Von Pat, hauled his 2 very large pieces screwed onto 2 handmade easels each into the lobby of the MOMA. Gagoghs dropped off his paintings with support of his friends.
After a series of slapstick comical exchanges between security guards and Gagoghs, the staff scrambled around the museum to get to the bottom of the incident. He declared he was simply delivering the pieces. A document declaring the donation was stapled to the back. Gagoghs walked out free and clear.
DROP OFF AT MOMA
He and his entourage entered his friend’s van with a much lighter load, and his legacy was left in the permanent collection of the MOMA archives. MOMA changed its bylaws as a result, and refuse to acknowledge to this day that it ever occurred. Thanks to Gagoghs’ friend, we have documentation of the incident.
Premonition of a Siren
Janay’, Siren, visited the MOMA as a young woman long before she even met Gagoghs. When walking the halls of the MOMA nothing seemed to catch her eye quite like the image of a strange creature shooting lightning from his hands. Instantly hooked, she saw the artist name, Von Pat, on display.
Instantly seeking her pocket resource and taking to the internet, she could not find purchase anywhere. But the image of electrical currants spread across the wood panel lingered and the feeling associated clung to her soul.
Gagoghs insisted that she’d passed through an interdimensional plane.