This is connoisseur material at it’s finest. Henry Chalfant’s (Style Wars) often forgotten overlooked hip-hop documovie, All City. This was experimental documentary about the early days of the Hip-Hop in the South Bronx that was created shortly after Style Wars. Be sure to catch the lofi bit version of T La Rock + Jazzy Jay’s “It’s Your’s”. Classic Material. [Read more...]
Classic Video: Henry Chalfant – All City [1984]
MOCA – Art in the Streets Opening Reception P1
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#MOCA: Art in the Streets Artist Roster
HA!!! After weeks of anticipation the list is out. And what a list it is indeed. Clearly the biggest event of it’s kind ever. Artist from every coast of the US. Artist from overseas, underground and above. Old school legends seated with New school troopers. Male and female. In regards to the participants there are no bounding lines. It doesn’t even matter that some of the names listed aren’t even artists. With exhibition an of this scope and magnitude, just to be a part of it is honor enough. We’ve done our best to cover the preliminaries and next week we’ll do our best to keep you posted drip by drip. Enjoy. [Read more...]
Art in the Streets Exhibition @MOCA
APRIL 17–AUGUST 8, 2011 / THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY AT MOCA
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Art in the Streets, the first major U.S. museum exhibition of the history of graffiti and street art. 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 where a unique visual language or attitude has evolved. Following MOCA’s presentation, the exhibition will travel to the Brooklyn Museum, where it will be on view March 30–July 8, 2012.
Art in the Streets will showcase installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists from the graffiti and street art community, including Fab 5 Freddy (New York), Lee Quiñones (New York), Futura (New York), Margaret Kilgallen (San Francisco), Swoon (New York), Shepard Fairey (Los Angeles), Os Gemeos (São Paulo), and JR (Paris). MOCA’s exhibition will emphasize Los Angeles’s role in the evolution of graffiti and street art, with special sections dedicated to cholo graffiti and Dogtown skateboard culture. The exhibition will feature projects by influential local artists such as Craig R. Stecyk III, Chaz Bojórquez, Dr. Dax, Mister Cartoon, RETNA, SABER, REVOK, and RISK. [Read more...]
Style Wars:Unofficial Remake
The classic docu-movie remade for a School project at Spinneriet, Malmo, Sweden November-2010. If you have to ask, that means you just don’t know man, ya’ just don’t know. Maximums to (N), SteelWheels and Frank151.
