Street Wise – Boston Center for Adult Education.

Street Art
Time: 11:00AM to 1:00PM
Instructor: Rob Larsen

While the term still denotes an illegal form of artistic vandalism, “street art” has actually become a legitimate and powerful form of artistic expression. With major museum exhibitions, Oscar(tm) nominated documentaries and a healthy place in the auction circuit, graffiti and street art have grown beyond their traditional street domain and have invaded popular culture at the deepest level. In this class students will examine the history and development of the movement and will then have the opportunity to experiment with some of the techniques and visual grammar using a variety of media.

Graffiti and Contemporary Art | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Roger Gastman, author and associate curator of “Art on the Streets,” Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
Jen Mergel, Robert L. Beal, Enid L. Beal and Bruce A. Beal Senior Curator of Contemporary Art
Caleb Neelon, artist and author
Risk, artist

Explore graffiti’s dynamic history, from its underground origins to its mainstream emergence. Artist Risk discusses his work and the evolution of graffiti as an art form in Los Angeles and worldwide. Caleb Neelon and Roger Gastman discuss their new book, The History of American Graffiti, examining graffiti’s place in the realm of contemporary art. As its context shifts from street to museum, Jen Mergel asks speakers about shifting perceptions of graffiti, from unpopular to popular, illegal to celebrated, over the past 40 years.

Book signing with Neelon and Gastman follows.

Be sure to catch a screening of the film Wild Style (1983) as part of our Evolution of Graffiti day.

You're going to go and bid on a bunch of stuff, right?

If you head out, you can also check out all my art at the The Hyde Restaurant

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