It’s been a wonderful year in art, and I love the fact that many highlights were chronicled here in my blog. I’ve had a ball going to some fantastic ground breaking exhibits this year, and I was lucky to meet some very fascinating people who each in their own way has made an impact on [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Art in the Streets’
Happy New Year
Posted in Art/Culture, Collecting, Contemporary Art, Film, Museums, Music, Pop Art/Culture, Street Art, tagged Art in the Streets, Beats Rhymes and Life, Eli Broad, Jeffrey Deitch, LA Art Show, New Orleans, New Year's 2012, Phil Lumbang, RenRok on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Art in the “Skies”: Graffiti Artist Saber Protests City Hall
Posted in Street Art, tagged Antonio Villaraigosa, Art in the Streets, L.A. Mural Moratorium, Mural Moratorium, Saber, Saber Protest, Saber Skywriting, Street Art on September 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In this age of Social Media, I’ve got to admit, I like the retro sky writing medium chosen by Saber to air his grievances at Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the L.A. City Attorney’s office over the mural moratorium. The moratorium, which has been in place since 2009 equates murals to signage thereby imparting a complicated and costly permit [...]
Behind the Lens-Martha Cooper
Posted in Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Museums, Pop Art/Culture, tagged Art in the Streets, Martha Cooper, MOCA, Street Art, Very Nearly Almost, VNA on May 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My previous posts on Art in the Streets failed to mention the numerous photographers responsible for documenting street art over the years. Because street art is such a temporary medium, photographers played an integral role in cataloging artists works. The exhibit pays homage to these photographers and photojournalists, of which Martha Cooper is a standout. [...]
Posted in Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Museums, Pop Art/Culture, tagged Aaron Rose, Art in the Streets, Jeffrey Deitch, MOCA, Roger Gastman on April 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(I really need to invest in Photoshop) So, it’s been over a week and I’m still digesting Art in the Streets. As I walked out of the Geffen on April 14th, a writer for LAist and I discussed how overwhelming the exhibit was. I thought it was well done. At the members preview, some complained [...]
