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As such, it shares a common language with typography, illuminated lettering and calligraphy. It can be safely asserted that graffiti as we know it today, as the words derivation implies, relates to writing on walls, i.e. graffiti (which exists much like the decades old division between roller-bladers and skateboarders). This first major curatorial hurdle relates to the fundamental question of street art vs. The first question that comes to mind is how did curators Robert Gasman and Aaron Rose narrow down a cast of millions to a handful? Is it based on the criteria of graffiti and street art itself who is the most famous? How would one determine something that is comprised of such high levels of subjectivity and temporality? And who determines credentials, criteria for success in an activity that exists in its own right and primarily outside of the law? MOCA Director and long-time New York gallerist Jeffrey Deitch claims that “ “Art in the Streets will be the first exhibition to position the work of the most influential artists to emerge from street culture in the context of contemporary art history…” A challenging starting point to a spectacularly broad premise for an exhibition.
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If that doesn’t sound chaotic enough, read on. Beyond the sweeping and dense exhibition, there were numerous spin off events of the ‘feel-good’ nature (a mural jam to replace the controversial mural by Blu with old and new school hip-hop personalities) and even unplanned interventions (a massive fire extinguisher tag on the side of the building by Katsu, police arresting Revok at the airport), as well as related historical archives (Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper).
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The full list of artists range from former graffiti artists that have successfully crossed over to the commercial gallery scene (like Banksy and Barry McGee), to art world unknowns, historical figures of borderline obscurity, a skateboard-able installation and an esoteric and impenetrable list of tag names or nom de’ graffitis. It is a broad concept housed in a 40,000 square foot former police car warehouse renovated by famed California architect Frank Gehry. museum exhibition on the history of graffiti and street art”. This far reaching 5 month exhibition at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA has been billed as “ the first major U.S.