Art From The Streets
The History of Street Art ? from New York to Beijing
The ?Art From The Streets? will be on from July 1 to August 24 at the 3B exhibition hall in the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts. It is jointly organized by the Department of Mural Painting Department of CAFA and the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing, in cooperation with the Magda Danysz Gallery.Street artists from Brazil, China, France, Italy, Portugal, Senegal, the US, and the UK will be on hand to show us their works. The opening ceremony will feature a live painting performance. This exhibition is an important archive exhibition of street art, where the audience can gain a better understanding of the history and development of street art.
Artists include : JEF AEROSOL, APOTRE, ASH, L?ATLAS, STEPHANE BISSEUL, BLEK LE RAT, C215, STEPHANE CARRICONDO, STEPHANE GILBERT1, INVADER, THOMAS JORION, JR, KATRE, LEGZ, LUDO, JEROME MESNAGER, MOSKO, NASTY, POPAY, PSY, SAMBRE, SETH, SWIZ, TANC, TEURK, DIMITRI TOLSTOI, JACQUES VILLEGLE, WXYZ, ZLOTYKAMIEN, JACE, DALEAST, ROBBB, SIU, SWIZ, HUA TUNAN, ZHANG DALI, VIHLS, FAILE, FAREY, FUTURA, JONONE, QUICK, SEEN, BANSKY, IAN COX, TAREK BENAOUM, NUNCA, PAROLE, SKKI, STEN LEX, YZ.
The history of street art is very rich and colourful. Starting as a counterculture movement in the 1970s, it is now one of the richest artistic movements that has spilled over from the streets to fill galleries all around the world. CAFA Beijing Museum will host a comprehensive group exhibition in cooperation with Magda Danysz Gallery entitled Street Art, a global view that will portray diversity and complexity of street art and graffiti. Featuring a plethora of international artists coming from Brazil, China, France, Italy, Portugal, Senegal, the US, and the UK, this important archival exhibition will provide a better understanding of the history and development of street art.
What exactly is street art? What is the difference between the street art and graffiti? How did the street art evolve from being a creative vandalism to becoming a coherent and relevant art movement? These are just some of the questions that this all-encompassing installation will try to give answers to. And no better way than by showing works by the most prominent names that have been working on the streets tirelessly and contributed to the movement immensely. Visitors will have an opportunity to see works by Jef Aerosol, Apotre, Ash, L?Atlas, Banksy, Tarek Benaoum, Stephane Bisseuil, Blek Le Rat, C215, Stephane Carricondo, Ian Cox, DALeast, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Gilbert1, Invader, JonOne, Jace, JR, Katre, Legz, Ludo, Jerome Mesnager, Mosko, Nasty, Nunca, Parole, Popay, Psy, Quik, Robbbb, Sambre, Seen, Seth, Siu, Skki, Sten Lex, Swiz, Tanc, Teurek, Hua Tunan, Whils, Jacques Villegle, WXYZ, YZ, Zhang Dali and Zlotykamien. With so many street artists on view, this might be the biggest and most comprehensive street art exhibition ever organized.
The Diversity of Artistic Practices
With so many artists on display, it is very difficult to single out any of them. Still, we might explain the practice of few of them to emphasize the diversity of this artistic movement. As one of the pioneers of street art, Lin Felton also known as QUIK deals with social questions, racial discrimination and urban violence in his pieces. Street artist JonOne takes his inspiration from painters such as Kandinsky, Pollock or Julian Schnabel. In addition to graffiti, he also paints canvases with rich and saturated colours in the form of vivid abstract improvisations. Shepard Fairey is famous for his poignant political and revolutionary iconography that raises awareness of burning social issues. Working from the shadows and still keeping his identity a secret, Space Invader has been placing his works on walls all around the globe. His practice is largely influenced by the video game Space Invaders and comics. Working as a multidisciplinary artist, JR uses the streets as a playground for his gigantic shows. He has been involved in a global project Inside Out for the past five years. Finally, Alexandre Farto aka VHILS employs various processes and tools to create his stunning large scale pieces in order to improve the neglected neighborhoods and emphasize the ever-changing characteristics of our urban environment.
(text by Elena Martinique - Widewalls magazine)
Academic Advisor: Fan Di''an
Academic Director: Su Xinping
Curators: Tang Hui, Magda Danysz
Time of opening ceremony: 3:00pm,July 1st , 2016
Duration: July 1st, 2016~ August 24th, 2016
Place: 3B exhibition Hall, CAFA Art Museum
Opening time of museum: 9:30~17:30, Tuesday~Saturday (ticket sales till 17:00)
Address: No.8, South Street of Huajiadi, Chaoyang District, Beijing
