The eccentric artiste has done drugs, stolen books, swiped paintings and spent time in a mental facility — all fodder for his film projects, friends and former colleagues told The Post.
But his masterpiece of mischief came in 1977, when a 24-year-old Gibbons pilfered a $13,000 painting off the wall of the Oakland Museum during a crowded cocktail party, stuffed the 10-by-13-inch still-life under his coat and walked right past security guards.
“I kept expecting somebody to tell me to turn around and put it back,” Gibbons told The Associated Press at the time. “[I tried to see] how far I could get.”
Gibbons then took the gag a step further by sending the Diebenkorn artwork back to the museum but holding its frame for ransom — in the name of the bogus “Art Liberation Front.”
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“Scissors and Lemon” by Richard Diebenkorn
He was arrested in the “theft,” but embarrassed cops dropped the charges.
Now Gibbons is upping the ante. On New Year’s Eve in broad daylight, he allegedly entered a Capital One bank at the corner of Bowery and Grand streets and, camcorder in one hand, slipped the teller a note saying, “THIS IS A ROBBERY. LARGE BILLS. NO DYE PACKS/ NO GPS,” according to a criminal complaint. The teller handed him $1,002.
He’s also wanted in Rhode Island for robbing a bank of $3,000, court sources said.
“It’s not at all surprising . . . He grew up in California in the prank era. That’s very much a part of what they did,” said fellow filmmaker and friend Emily Breer. “He can’t fit into conventional things.”
He allegedly boasted to cellmates before his arraignment Friday that his bank heists were artistic “research.”
For years, Gibbons had been obsessing over two lifelong projects, one starring himself as a sociopath and the other as his evil twin, friends told The Post.
But the filmmaker was looking for more than inspiration — he needed cash.
Sacked from his teaching gig at MIT and gutted from a breakup with Canadian artist Louise Bourque, Gibbons had been living off the grid and couch-surfing with friends for the past four years, pals told The Post. “His life sort of fell apart. He was here staying with me for a while,” said Breer, of Putnam County.
“He had lots of friends that helped take care of him,” said Boston artist Joe Zane, 43. “I doubt he would keep the money.
“It’s not uncommon for him to disappear for periods of time and then re-emerge in a flurry.”
But cops aren’t buying the excuse that he was trying to bust out of a creative rut.
“He knew what he was doing was wrong,” said a court source close to the case. “He and his friends can delude themselves all they want. Robbing banks is wrong, period!”
Artiste หลุดโลกได้ทำยาเสพติด ขโมยหนังสือ รูดภาพวาด และใช้เวลาในสถานที่จิต — ทั้งหมดอาหารสำหรับโครงการของเขาภาพยนตร์ เพื่อนและเพื่อนร่วมงานเก่าโพสต์บอกแต่ผลงานชิ้นเอกของเขาของร้ายมาใน 1977 เมื่อ Gibbons อายุ 24 ปี pilfered จิตรกรรม $13,000 ปิดผนังพิพิธภัณฑ์โอ๊คในระหว่างงานเลี้ยงค็อกเทลแออัด ไส้ยังคงชีวิต 10-โดย-13 นิ้วภายใต้เสื้อของเขา และเดินทางผ่านมายามรักษาความปลอดภัย"ผมยังคงคาดหวังใครบอกจะเปิดรอบ และใส่กลับ Gibbons บอกข่าวที่เกี่ยวข้องที่เวลา " [พยายามดู] เท่าใดอาจเจ็บได้"Gibbons แล้วเอาปิดปากในขั้นตอนเพิ่มเติม โดยส่งงานศิลปะ Diebenkorn ไปพิพิธภัณฑ์ แต่ถือเป็นกรอบสำหรับกัก — ในการปลอม "ศิลปะปลดปล่อย"ทริกเกอร์จน"กรรไกรและมะนาว" โดยริชาร์ด Diebenkornเขาถูกจับในการ "ขโมย" แต่ตำรวจอายหลุดค่าตอนนี้ Gibbons เป็น upping อีก ใหม่ปีวันในกาลกว้าง เขาหลังป้อนทุน ธนาคารหนึ่งที่มุมถนนบาวเวอรีและแกรนด์และ กล้องมือหนึ่ง การเล็ดรอดเบิกบันทึกว่า "นี้ได้ปล้น สูตรใหญ่ ชุดสีไม่มี / ไม่มีจีพีเอส, "ตามร้องเรียนทางอาญา ถอนเงินที่มอบให้เขา $1,002เขาจะยังอยากในโรดไอแลนด์ในธนาคารจำนวน $3000 บีบศาลกล่าว“It’s not at all surprising . . . He grew up in California in the prank era. That’s very much a part of what they did,” said fellow filmmaker and friend Emily Breer. “He can’t fit into conventional things.”He allegedly boasted to cellmates before his arraignment Friday that his bank heists were artistic “research.”For years, Gibbons had been obsessing over two lifelong projects, one starring himself as a sociopath and the other as his evil twin, friends told The Post.But the filmmaker was looking for more than inspiration — he needed cash.Sacked from his teaching gig at MIT and gutted from a breakup with Canadian artist Louise Bourque, Gibbons had been living off the grid and couch-surfing with friends for the past four years, pals told The Post. “His life sort of fell apart. He was here staying with me for a while,” said Breer, of Putnam County.“He had lots of friends that helped take care of him,” said Boston artist Joe Zane, 43. “I doubt he would keep the money.“It’s not uncommon for him to disappear for periods of time and then re-emerge in a flurry.”But cops aren’t buying the excuse that he was trying to bust out of a creative rut.“He knew what he was doing was wrong,” said a court source close to the case. “He and his friends can delude themselves all they want. Robbing banks is wrong, period!”
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