STREET SHOTS BY MARTHA COOPER

Marty Cooper just hit me up with some photos from her opening at Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Projects Gallery out in Los Angeles. Here’s some info and a few shots from opening night. If you’re anywhere near the area between now and February 13th, make sure and check it out. Marty’s been documenting the sport of graffiti and the Urban Blight longer than just about anyone. All those classic old school shots you’ve been seeing over the years… Chances are Marty Cooper was the one to capture the moment. Here’s your chance to see some a few more shots that been hiding deep in her personal archive.

Martha Cooper has been photographing creative kids in action on city streets since the mid-1970s.  In Street Shots, opening January 16th at Subliminal Projects, her photos reveal the imaginative children of pre-renewal New York City as they mined the abandoned lots of the city to create toys from trash.  Cooper, renowned for her graffiti and hip-hop pictures, brings those classic images together with ones depicting inner-city kids building forts from scrap, catching flies in cola bottles, and racing homemade go-karts - all without adult supervision.

The opening of Street Shots also marks several debuts: Coopers’s new book, Going Postal, a collection of photos of postal labels bearing street art; her image collaboration with Shepard Fairey, available as a screen-print poster; and her own Obey line, with photos printed on clothing, bags, and skateboards.  All will be available for purchase at Subliminal Projects, along with Cooper’s other books, including Subway Art, Hip Hop Files, Street Play, We B*Girlz, and Tag Town.

EXHIBITION DATES:
JANUARY 16TH - FEBRUARY 13TH, 2009

SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS GALLERY
1331 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
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