Skateboarding, punk music, and
graffiti culture brought about a keen awareness of how urban environments are influenced by politics, national identity, migration and the legacies of war.
Not exact matches
When debate about an artist's merit no longer seems to have any point, one is left either with an icon of
culture, too sacred to enjoy, or with a target of satire,
brought down to our more humdrum level by a vaudeville lampooning of the unapproachable totem, as when
graffiti artists paint a moustache on reproductions of the Mona Lisa.
This groundbreaking show was one of the very earliest to
bring graffiti into an established art gallery, and has attained legendary status in the history of Bristol's street art and music
culture.
Public outcry over the recent loss of the 5Pointz
graffiti museum
brought attention to the importance of arts and
culture in this community.
«Creative Crossroads»
brings together Handler and Lamboy, two artists whose style illustrates the impact of the
graffiti culture of the late»70s and»80s on contemporary art.
Nowadays their unrivaled mixture of aesthetic elements
brings to life a free - spirited visual vocabulary that transcends
graffiti while remaining firmly rooted in the
culture of street art.