"Street Smart" Exhibition
Affirmation Arts
This event has ended.
Curated by Heidi Lee. Street art, as a fine art genre, has been challenged since its inception in the 1980s and endured much resistance from society and art critics alike. Recently, is is experiencing a revival and the value and importance of street art cannot be denied. There are books, exhibitions, auctions, and academic discussions about the subject. Despite the current recession, street artists have successfully crossed over from lowbrow to high cultures. These artists continue to push the boundaries working across varied media including paintings, prints, multiples, sculpture and street walls. The exhibition focusses on urban and graffiti artists who have been marginalized until recent years. The exhibition features the major players of the scene and offers an overview of the current state of street art, while following the history of underground art, activism and graffiti and its eventual acceptance into the art historical canon.
[Image: Doze Green "Siddhartha" (2009) mixed media on canvas 6 x 9 ft. Courtesy of the artist and Jonathan LeVine Gallery]
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Schedule
from May 27, 2010 to June 19, 2010