Another Street Artist Allegedly Vandalized A National Park And Posted About It On Instagram

We've said it before and we'll say it again: street artists of the world, please resist the urge to turn the planet's most well-preserved national parks into your canvases. And for those who can't possibly resist a chance to create art vandalize one of these precious sites, don't brag about it on Instagram.

Is @baronandre tagging inside @joshuatreenps? #Repost @baronandre with @repostapp.
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#mrA rock !

A photo posted by Modern Hiker (@modernhiker) on Feb 27, 2015 at 8:25am PST

The prominent street artist Andre Saraiva, popularly known as Monsieur A or Mr. A or Andre, posted a photo to his Instagram account on February 25, depicting a rock allegedly inside Joshua Tree National Park marked in spray paint with a pair of eyes that look similar his signature design. The image's caption reads "#mrA rock !"

Modern Hiker reposted the image and addressed it in a blog post, imploring Saraiva to speak up if he was working on private property. According to LAist, the artist responded by claiming that the rock was not located in a national park. Modern Hiker readers disagreed, pointing out that the rock is indeed in park territory, and Mr. A ceased replying.

We reached out to him as well and will update this post when we hear back.

"I can’t tell you if there’s a direct link between things like this and the truly staggering amount of graffiti that’s appeared in Joshua Tree over the past few years," Modern Hiker explained, "but when street artists as famous as Mr. Andre post photos that even appear like they’re painting in nature without permission, it sends a powerful message that the outdoors is a fine canvas for your street art. And that, we feel, is a message that needs to be stopped."

This is not the first time that a brazen artist has taken his or her canvas from the streets to (sometimes illegal) breathtaking sites of natural beauty -- and gloated about it online. Last year, New York-based Casey Nocket was guilty of a similar act, tagging natural sites in a variety of off-limit locations including Yosemite, Crater Lake, Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Joshua Tree, Zion, Rocky Mountain and Bryce National Parks.

To all you aspiring renegade artists out there, take heed. Don't repeat Nocket's mistake.

For more on Savaira (whose daughter lives in Joshua Tree), check out this GQ profile of the so-called "international playboy" here. Bonus: he's also been called a "night life impresario."

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/02/andre-saraiva-joshua-tree_n_6783700.html?utm_hp_ref=travel&ir=Travel and provided by entertainment-movie-news.com