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Street Art Street Life, 1950s to Now, Review, by snausages on Sept 11, 2008 17:39:55 GMT 1, I worked on programming an interactive installation for one of the artists which you will find in the lobby of the museum. I haven't seen the preview but this looks to be an interesting show in the Bronx in NYC. Museum is located right around the corner from Yankee Stadium.
Doesn't look like 'street art' as many of us around here seem to know it but may give an interesting view to its origins or different viewpoints as to what 'street art' really encompasses. Can't be a total dud as the exhibition features some pretty big names in art and photography such as William Klein, Martha Rosler, Vito Acconci, Francis Alรฟs etc.
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www.bronxmuseum.org/exhibitions/current.html
Organized by guest curator Lydia Yee, Street Art, Street Life examines the street as subject matter, venue, and source of inspiration for artists and photographers from the late 1950s to the present.
This far ranging exhibition, one of the largest to consider the subject, includes street photography; documentation of performance, events, and artworks presented in the street; works using material from the street; and examples of street culture by more than thirty artists including William Klein, Lee Friedlander, Raymond Hains, Vito Acconci, Martha Rosler, Sophie Calle, David Hammons, Jamel Shabazz, and Francis Alรฟs, among others.
Open House
To celebrate the opening of Street Art Street Life, the Bronx Museum will sponsor a grand street fair on the sidewalk immediately in front of the Museum on Sunday, September 14, from 12 โ 6pm. Highlights include live D.J. and performances, arts activities for families, street food, and local artisans. (exhibition will be on view until January 2009)
I worked on programming an interactive installation for one of the artists which you will find in the lobby of the museum. I haven't seen the preview but this looks to be an interesting show in the Bronx in NYC. Museum is located right around the corner from Yankee Stadium. Doesn't look like 'street art' as many of us around here seem to know it but may give an interesting view to its origins or different viewpoints as to what 'street art' really encompasses. Can't be a total dud as the exhibition features some pretty big names in art and photography such as William Klein, Martha Rosler, Vito Acconci, Francis Alรฟs etc. __________________________________________ www.bronxmuseum.org/exhibitions/current.htmlOrganized by guest curator Lydia Yee, Street Art, Street Life examines the street as subject matter, venue, and source of inspiration for artists and photographers from the late 1950s to the present. This far ranging exhibition, one of the largest to consider the subject, includes street photography; documentation of performance, events, and artworks presented in the street; works using material from the street; and examples of street culture by more than thirty artists including William Klein, Lee Friedlander, Raymond Hains, Vito Acconci, Martha Rosler, Sophie Calle, David Hammons, Jamel Shabazz, and Francis Alรฟs, among others. Open HouseTo celebrate the opening of Street Art Street Life, the Bronx Museum will sponsor a grand street fair on the sidewalk immediately in front of the Museum on Sunday, September 14, from 12 โ 6pm. Highlights include live D.J. and performances, arts activities for families, street food, and local artisans. (exhibition will be on view until January 2009) |
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Street Art Street Life, 1950s to Now, Review, by snausages on Sept 13, 2008 17:30:29 GMT 1, Reminder for any NY peeps, if you're in the area, the Bronx Museum, Opens Sunday
www.aperture.org/store/events-single.aspx?id=424
Show seems to be a bit photography heavy, but looks like there will be some 80s ny 'street photography'.
Exhibition book cover and some images from the show
Reminder for any NY peeps, if you're in the area, the Bronx Museum, Opens Sunday www.aperture.org/store/events-single.aspx?id=424Show seems to be a bit photography heavy, but looks like there will be some 80s ny 'street photography'. Exhibition book cover and some images from the show |
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Street Art Street Life, 1950s to Now, Review, by snausages on Sept 16, 2008 1:40:30 GMT 1, Saw the show, it's a little too focused on photography and in my opinion some of the stuff has little to do with 'street art' but more documenting streets and life on the streets and public spaces. i.e. "street life" seems more important than street art.
BUT a couple of highlights and interesting things.
1. They had this really really nice large piece:
Jacques de la Villeglรฉ. (French, born 1926). 122 rue du temple. 1968. Torn-and-pasted printed paper on canvas, 62 5/8 x 82 3/4"
Interesting to note is that the entire canvas is posters and material he actually took from the street and recomposed on canvas. Villeglรฉ used readyโmade materials in his artโin this case, movie posters and political advertisements related to the city's May 1968 student and worker uprisings. He pasted the layers of fragmentary color, words, and images of faces onto canvas in a technique called dรฉcollage (literally, unโcollage).
2. There were a couple artists in the show who were involved in what you could call "conceptual street art." Sophie Calle for example had her mother secretly hire a private detective to follow her around on the street and create a (completely unwittingly) photo-documentary or her life on the streets. Vito Acconci for one piece followed random people around city streets until he no longer could. But taking photographs and notes of them for up to as many as 8-10 hours.
And one of my favorite artists. Francis Alys
Francis Alรฟs on his walk through Jerusalem in 2005, in which he retraced the "Green Line" with a leaky paint can My other favorite work by him is the time he pushed a massive block of ice around Mexico city until it melted into a puddle.
(the green line) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_(Israel)
The much more conceptual and inventive approach to what street art is by these artists I found extremely refreshing and something to consider in a time when most of us think of street art as stencils or pasters. Maybe revisiting these ideas can help some artists break out of the box, come up with newer & great concepts. Which we desperately need after seeing so much derivative work pop up the past few years.
Saw the show, it's a little too focused on photography and in my opinion some of the stuff has little to do with 'street art' but more documenting streets and life on the streets and public spaces. i.e. "street life" seems more important than street art. BUT a couple of highlights and interesting things. 1. They had this really really nice large piece: Jacques de la Villeglรฉ. (French, born 1926). 122 rue du temple. 1968. Torn-and-pasted printed paper on canvas, 62 5/8 x 82 3/4" Interesting to note is that the entire canvas is posters and material he actually took from the street and recomposed on canvas. Villeglรฉ used readyโmade materials in his artโin this case, movie posters and political advertisements related to the city's May 1968 student and worker uprisings. He pasted the layers of fragmentary color, words, and images of faces onto canvas in a technique called dรฉcollage (literally, unโcollage). 2. There were a couple artists in the show who were involved in what you could call "conceptual street art." Sophie Calle for example had her mother secretly hire a private detective to follow her around on the street and create a (completely unwittingly) photo-documentary or her life on the streets. Vito Acconci for one piece followed random people around city streets until he no longer could. But taking photographs and notes of them for up to as many as 8-10 hours. And one of my favorite artists. Francis AlysFrancis Alรฟs on his walk through Jerusalem in 2005, in which he retraced the "Green Line" with a leaky paint can My other favorite work by him is the time he pushed a massive block of ice around Mexico city until it melted into a puddle. (the green line) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_(Israel)The much more conceptual and inventive approach to what street art is by these artists I found extremely refreshing and something to consider in a time when most of us think of street art as stencils or pasters. Maybe revisiting these ideas can help some artists break out of the box, come up with newer & great concepts. Which we desperately need after seeing so much derivative work pop up the past few years. |
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