"Art in the Streets is the first major U.S. museum survey of graffiti and street art. Curated by MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch and Associate Curators Roger Gastman and Aaron Rose, the exhibition will trace the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today, concentrating on key cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Sao Paulo, where a unique visual language or attitude has evolved." moca.org
There was great fun at the opening night of Art In The Streets at The Geffen Contemporary at Moca in Los Angeles.
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I grew up in and near 70's New York city. I loved watching dilapidated subway trains covered in graffiti rolling by. They capture the mood of those times just right, chaos, urban decay due to crumbling city finances. The screeching graffiti trains were like screaming visual poems.
In the 80's, It was hard to miss Keith Haring emerging as a prolific street artist. His very graphic, slyly humorous, simple white chalk drawings on blank black poster boards in subway stations seemed to pop up every where almost over night especially in my old East Village NYC neighborhood.
The best part of checking out the opening night at MOCA was meeting the artists themselves and asking them to tag my Clegeries!
The best part of checking out the opening night at MOCA was meeting the artists themselves and asking them to tag my Clegeries!
If you are in town it's definitely worth a visit to MOCA. Or just look around you, there is probably some graffiti. Here is one of many around Stella Los Angeles downtown design studio.
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| Banksy, Brodway near 9th street, parking lot wall, Los Angeles I am partial to this Banksy for obvious reasons. This spells my name and I am a moody looking girl on a swing, sometimes. |
