Urban Art Association

BRP ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF THEIR FIRST SHOW OF 2010, by Ruggs on Apr 8, 2010 20:36:20 GMT 1, Black Rat Projects will be holding our first exhibition of 2010 in April. We are really excited about this show and hope it lives up to expectations.

The last five years or so has seen an explosion of artists working outdoors, often in an urban environment, and the interest from newspapers, television news, magazines, books and radio has been matched by the public’s appetite for this growing phenomenon. Stencils, woodcuts, sculptures, stickers, freehand paintings, pasted posters, ceramic tiles and photographs have all been put up in cities across the world. However street art is not a new phenomena, for at least four decades artists have chosen the streets as a primary place to exhibit works. Most of these artists were initially shunned by the establishment but the best of them gradually gained acceptance from a slow moving and conservative art world and in doing so changed the rules of that world. Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were amongst the early practitioners of what has become known as street art and it is the descendents of their ethos and work who are amongst the best known artists working in the streets today. ‘Now's The Time’, named after a Basquiat painting of the same title, is an exhibition which attempts to bring together the most important and influential street artists of the past 4 decades.

‘Now's the Time’ features important works by arguably the most influential artists ever to have worked in the streets. We will be exhibiting works by artists including Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Banksy, Barry McGee, Faile and Os Gemeos. The exhibition opens on April 23rd and a preview evening will be on Thursday 22nd. Anyone wishing to attend the preview should sign up to the mailing list to receive an invite.

Black Rat Projects will be holding our first exhibition of 2010 in April. We are really excited about this show and hope it lives up to expectations.

The last five years or so has seen an explosion of artists working outdoors, often in an urban environment, and the interest from newspapers, television news, magazines, books and radio has been matched by the public’s appetite for this growing phenomenon. Stencils, woodcuts, sculptures, stickers, freehand paintings, pasted posters, ceramic tiles and photographs have all been put up in cities across the world. However street art is not a new phenomena, for at least four decades artists have chosen the streets as a primary place to exhibit works. Most of these artists were initially shunned by the establishment but the best of them gradually gained acceptance from a slow moving and conservative art world and in doing so changed the rules of that world. Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were amongst the early practitioners of what has become known as street art and it is the descendents of their ethos and work who are amongst the best known artists working in the streets today. ‘Now's The Time’, named after a Basquiat painting of the same title, is an exhibition which attempts to bring together the most important and influential street artists of the past 4 decades.

‘Now's the Time’ features important works by arguably the most influential artists ever to have worked in the streets. We will be exhibiting works by artists including Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Banksy, Barry McGee, Faile and Os Gemeos. The exhibition opens on April 23rd and a preview evening will be on Thursday 22nd. Anyone wishing to attend the preview should sign up to the mailing list to receive an invite.