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GRAFFITI VS. STREET ART: A HISTORY
Opens October 17th, 2015
6p.m - 9p.m
Graffiti vs Street Art: A History, is an historical exhibition intended to clearly present the fact that, although being blanketed under the terms Street Art or Urban Art, Graffiti and Street Art are actually two very different things. Simply put, this Graffiti is calligraphic. This Street Art is primarily image based, or when textual, conceptual. Of course, people have written and drawn on walls ever since the walls were caves, rocks, clay, or just dirt. This exhibit, concerns popular contemporary urban formats. Inspired by the attention that the calligraphically oriented classic graffiti writers-who adopted self appointed monikers as did the hip hop musicians of the day, a later generation of artists took to the streets in order to take advantage of the exposure the writers had experienced. This show is not a comprehensive overview but a selection of graffiti writers who rose to prominence during its “golden era” of the 1970s, and the most prolific street artists who subsequently developed the form from the mid/late ‘70s through the early 1980s.
Graffiti vs Street Art: A History, features significant artist from both sides of the coin. Al Diaz(Bomb One, Samo*) co-curator, selected the following graffiti writers to participate; Samo*, Bomb One, Snake -1, Flint, Jester, Tracy 168, & Lee. The following street artist were selected by co-curator Christopher Hart Chambers(avant*); avant*, Scot Borofsky, Linus Coraggio, Richard Hambleton, Ken Hiratsuka, RV, Dan Witz, & Keith Haring.
*Samo was a duo including Al Diaz and Jean-Michelle Basquiat
**avant was a group of as many as twelve individual artists. Core members were: David Fried, Marc Thorne, Peter Epstein, Jed Tulman, and Christopher Hart Chambers
6p.m - 9p.m
Graffiti vs Street Art: A History, is an historical exhibition intended to clearly present the fact that, although being blanketed under the terms Street Art or Urban Art, Graffiti and Street Art are actually two very different things. Simply put, this Graffiti is calligraphic. This Street Art is primarily image based, or when textual, conceptual. Of course, people have written and drawn on walls ever since the walls were caves, rocks, clay, or just dirt. This exhibit, concerns popular contemporary urban formats. Inspired by the attention that the calligraphically oriented classic graffiti writers-who adopted self appointed monikers as did the hip hop musicians of the day, a later generation of artists took to the streets in order to take advantage of the exposure the writers had experienced. This show is not a comprehensive overview but a selection of graffiti writers who rose to prominence during its “golden era” of the 1970s, and the most prolific street artists who subsequently developed the form from the mid/late ‘70s through the early 1980s.
Graffiti vs Street Art: A History, features significant artist from both sides of the coin. Al Diaz(Bomb One, Samo*) co-curator, selected the following graffiti writers to participate; Samo*, Bomb One, Snake -1, Flint, Jester, Tracy 168, & Lee. The following street artist were selected by co-curator Christopher Hart Chambers(avant*); avant*, Scot Borofsky, Linus Coraggio, Richard Hambleton, Ken Hiratsuka, RV, Dan Witz, & Keith Haring.
*Samo was a duo including Al Diaz and Jean-Michelle Basquiat
**avant was a group of as many as twelve individual artists. Core members were: David Fried, Marc Thorne, Peter Epstein, Jed Tulman, and Christopher Hart Chambers
Artist Talk - November 14th, 2015
2p.m - 4:30p.m
Join us at The Bishop Gallery for an intimate discussion about the history and cultures of Graffiti and Street Art. It will be a history lesson rooted in the Streets of NYC. This lesson wont be according to a book you've read or some documentary you watched, but from those who experienced it and lived to talk about it.
Panel of Artists Includes:
- Al Diaz (SAMO)
- Ken Hiratsuka
- Tracy 168
- Chris Hart Chambers (avant)
- Jester
- Snake 1
- Dan Witz
- Scot Borofsky
- Linus Coraggio
Moderated by: Stevenson Dunn, Jr.
LIVE GRAFFITI, PAINTINGS, AND INSTALLATIONS BY NYC LEGENDS!!!
2p.m - 4:30p.m
Join us at The Bishop Gallery for an intimate discussion about the history and cultures of Graffiti and Street Art. It will be a history lesson rooted in the Streets of NYC. This lesson wont be according to a book you've read or some documentary you watched, but from those who experienced it and lived to talk about it.
Panel of Artists Includes:
- Al Diaz (SAMO)
- Ken Hiratsuka
- Tracy 168
- Chris Hart Chambers (avant)
- Jester
- Snake 1
- Dan Witz
- Scot Borofsky
- Linus Coraggio
Moderated by: Stevenson Dunn, Jr.
LIVE GRAFFITI, PAINTINGS, AND INSTALLATIONS BY NYC LEGENDS!!!