Not exact matches
But as the history of
graffiti art has shown, there's a fine line
between sophisticated public
art and irritating public nuisance.
Including rap lyrics in a unit on poetry, or
graffiti as a jumping off point to talk about the history of
art establishes a bridge
between youth culture and academic pursuits.
The exhibition presents a selection of large scale street
art, created at May Lane
between 2005 and 2009 by legendary Australian
graffiti artists and celebrated international street artists.
A member of the so - called Mission School in San Francisco together with such artists as Barry McGee and Chris Johanson, Alicia McCarthy makes paintings that blur the line
between street
art and gallery work, using found wood as canvases and often imprinting them with the same intricate rainbow motif that she
graffitis on her city's walls.
Influenced by both Urban
Art and Abstract Contemporary, we present works from a group of artists who merge the way
between these styles focusing the energy and rawness of classical
graffiti with abstract expressionism.
His dynamic narratives set up a dialogue
between high
art and popular culture, incorporating references to
graffiti,
art history, and recent political and social events.
Originally curated in 1984 by Jeffrey Deitch (Director, Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles) at Leila Heller's former uptown gallery, Calligraffiti explored a myriad of possible connections shared
between the seemingly disparate styles of select mid-century abstract, U.S.
graffiti, and calligraphic artists from the Middle East and its diaspora.
Hooked: Hooked is a street
art blog established in 2005 as a place to share street
art, ephemeral
art,
graffiti, stencils, zines, tags, screen printing, illustration and everything and anything in -
between.
The simplistic line -
art designs look like a cross
between graffiti and tattoo
art.
Crossing boundaries
between fashion, craft, sculpture and fine
art, his work has ranged from
graffiti in icing sugar to knitted sculptures.
We have always tried to showcase some of the more visionary
graffiti artists as they walk the line
between graffiti and
Art.
With layers upon layers of paint, Poesia is able to build a deep dialogue
between fine
art and
graffiti.
In 2007 Shoe presented the world with new
art form he called Calligraffiti, a unique amalgamation
between calligraphy and
graffiti.
The Graffuturists could be classified as a High Style New Millennium movement, consisting of a dialogue and cross-pollination
between advanced
graffiti and fine
art techniques, practices and theory.
The one - of - a-kind exhibition Fuck the King, Long Live the Kings in Vroom & Varossieau, Look for
Art Gallery is a battle of different graffiti styles and a duel between American, British and European urban a
Art Gallery is a battle of different
graffiti styles and a duel
between American, British and European urban
artart.
By merging a refined selection of
graffiti and mixed media techniques, Soto continues to bridge the gap
between street
art and pop surrealism.
There also exists in
graffiti and street
art a deeper anti-establishment trend in its attempt to beautify and reclaim the urban environment, and blur the line
between the elite
art gallery systems and the «outside» world of the streets.
In the underground world of street
art, one artistic debate is
between the styles of
graffiti vs. stencils, and each showcases a... Continue reading «Street Fight!»
Meanwhile in New York
graffiti grew from a form of visual communication
between gangs into street
art of unprecedented quality, whose best exponents, such as Jean - Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988) and Rammellzee (1960 - 2010), abandoned the street for highly successful «serious»
art careers [fig.].
In the first one we find six works where the artist focuses on the female figure and the relationship
between graffiti and modern figurative
art, whilst in the second part of the show we find a collaborative body of work with Fabiano Zanino, fusing a deconstructed animal world with
graffiti.
These artists have bridged the gap
between street
art and fine
art by bringing the
graffiti aesthetic into the gallery.
MadC is not only challenging the line
between graffiti and fine
art, but is also charging forth as a female artist in an
art form that is primarily male - dominated.
While there is a complicated, yet fascinating line
between graffiti and fine
art, the collective has made a seamless transition into the
art world in a tasteful way that does not categorize the work as simply «
graffiti,» yet sustains the collective's distinct styles and energy within a gallery setting.
Each artist has created a unique, progressive body of work due to their allowance for porous boundaries
between the visual vocabularies and techniques of
graffiti, street
art and fine
art.
Although he had a number of successes — most notably the popular 2011 «
Art in the Streets» graffiti exhibition in which he emphasized the symbiosis between art and pop culture — his tenure was overshadowed by his failin
Art in the Streets»
graffiti exhibition in which he emphasized the symbiosis
between art and pop culture — his tenure was overshadowed by his failin
art and pop culture — his tenure was overshadowed by his failings.
The
art they produce is derived from a dialogue that ricochets around within a pin - ball matrix constructed of coordinates lying
between the historical and the contemporary, including high and low influences, fine
art and
graffiti studies, scholarly and street pursuits, intellectual and visceral marks.
Roger Gastman is a curator,
graffiti historian, urban anthropologist and collector who Forbes says «has made a career of being the cultural connector
between street artists and the
art world.»
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