Art in the Streets - MOCA Museum - Tuca Cassino´s Suggestion

Moca Museum

Art in the Streets is the first major U.S. museum survey of graffiti and street art that takes place at MOCA (link). The exhibition will trace the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today, concentrating on important cities as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, and Sao Paulo.


"The exhibition will feature paintings, mixed media sculptures, and interactive installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists and will emphasize Los Angeles's role in the evolution of graffiti and street art, with special sections dedicated to seminal local movements such as cholo graffiti and Dogtown skateboard culture. A comprehensive timeline illustrated with artwork, photos, video, and ephemera will provide a historical context for the work."
Check out some videos:
Painters Painting




Artists Lee Quinones, Abel, Cern, FUTURA, Loomit, Push, RISK and Sano document the creation of their monumental artwork Birds Of A Feather (2011).

Created for Art in the Streets at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, April 17–August 8, 2011. Video produced by MOCA in collaboration with TEAM G.

Brazilian Os Gemeos Comes Alive


Musician Andrew Black playing the drums inside of Os Gemeos’ installation at Art in The Streets.
Martha Cooper as Art in The Streets Comes Together


VNA x Martha Cooper at MOCA from Charlie Inman on Vimeo.

Charlie Inman and Very Nearly Always made this short piece on photographer Martha Cooper, shot during the install of Art in The Streets. In it, she speaks on her history of documenting the graffiti artists featured in the exhibition.

Kenny Scharf painting at Art in The Streets. Photo by Gregory Bojorquez

Photographer Gregory Bojorquez was on site for seven weeks at the Geffen Contemporary while Art in The Streets came to life. While there, he documented the beauty and hard work brought to the show by artists from around the globe. Enjoy this set of photos capturing the creative process of Barry McGee, SWOON, Os Gemeos, ROA, Invader, Kenny Scharf, and more.
Here are some awesome pictures from the backstage:

Chaz running in a backstreet near Whittier Blvd in East Los Angeles, 1974, photo by Gusmano Cesaretti.

Wild Style mural by Zephyr, Revolt, Sharp. front row: Doze, Frosty Freeze, Ken Swift; middle row: Patti Astor, Fred Brathwaite, Lady Pink; back row: Lil Crazy Legs, Revolt and Sharp; directed by Charlie Ahearn, photo by Martha Cooper.

1983

Os Gemeos

Captured by MOCAs Security Cams




I hope you like this tip and enjoy the exhibition !


* This post was Tuca Cassino's suggestion. Tuca Cassino is an Art Teacher in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Out of Captivity: Banksy Wins Freedom of Russia's Jailed Voina Art Anarchists

" Banksy may have lost at the Oscars last night, but he scored another less visible -- but much more important -- victory earlier in the week, when a Russian judge accepted his offer to post bail for two members of the Russian anarchist art collective Voina who have been detained under horrendous conditions in St. Petersburg. A judge had initially rejected the offer, but on February 24 he finally accepted the British street-art star's cash, which amounted to about $10,000 each for artists Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolaev. Now they have been released from custody, though the case isn't closed and the charges still stand.

Voina artist Leonid Nikolaev, pictured in prison on January 14th, has been bailed out by Banksy along with Oleg Vorotnikov. Photo by Vladimir Telegin

The pair had been held in St. Petersburg after being picked up last year -- and reportedly brutalized -- by Russian police. Known for flamboyant and often defiant anti-authoritarian art actions, Voina saw its two artists detained after "Palace Revolution," a performance in which members overturned cop cars in protest of abusive authority. Reports on their plight had attracted international attention -- Banksy supposedly heard about them on the BBC -- as well as leading to persecution from authorities inside, according to the men. Last week, Nikolaev's lawyer had filed a case with a the European Court of Human Rights claiming that authorities had neither cited sufficient evidence against them nor justified holding them indefinitely in pre-trial detention.

Voina is nothing if not relentless. While in jail for "Palace Revolution," a separate work by the group, "Penis in FSB Captivity" -- for which group members had spray-painted the outline of a penis on a drawbridge facing the headquarters of Russia's security services so that it appeared to become erect when the bridge was raised -- was shortlisted by Russia's culture ministry for a state creativity prize. The honor would seem to have provided some leverage for the group, but Voina would have none of it. In a statement issued after the announcement, Voina's Alexei Plutser-Sarno stated: "We consider the Innovation award as a proposal of dirty money from the Mafioso-like authorities -- by giving artists a dole, they test them for conformism and loyalty to the executioners of the Russian contemporary art." (He further condemned the nominating committee for softening the title of their nominated work from "Penis in FSB Captivity" to "Member in FSB Captivity.")


In the face of this intransigence, the culture ministry has backed down, dropping the work from the prize shortlist after Voina refused to allow a picture of the work to be used on the prize's Web site, according to the Associated Press. Plutser-Sarno was quick to condemn the act, writing on his blog, "The repressive act of removing the Voina group from the award brings shame on the [organizers] and the Culture Ministry." "

Source: The Hunffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/artinfo/out-of-captivity-bansky-w_b_829398.html

Rio´s Grafitti - Poem Street Walls

Muros de Giz or Poem Walls is a great carioca streets initiative. People do graffttis on street walls
leaving a chalk part for passersby to write a poem or a phrase.

Later, the walls are photographed and post in FLICKr for backup reference.

The walls is frequently cleared to give space for new writtings.

Wall Phrase:

"O sonho é uma caixa fechada sem paredes"

The dream is a closed box without walls..

 

"O som pertence ao silêncio,

O silêncio imprime o tempo,

e edifica o espaço."

"The sound pertains to the silence,

silence imprints the time,

and edifies the space"

  Check Muros de Giz´s FLICKr HERE!

Street Walls in the Beach of Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro

This was a little field trip I took to Ipanema this weekend. Shoot some nice pictures of the grafittis on the beach walls.

Carioca Streets Walls - The Walls of Rio

Check out the Brazilain Graffiti Artists in Ipanema beach - Rio de Janeiro

Weekend Walk by the beach + Drawinings.....

Street Walls in Ipanema beach...

Rio girl!