My Piecebook coauthor Sacha Jenkins and I are hosting a Piecebook Battle in Paris, France this Saturday July 18th 2009 at 2:00pm. Our event is a part of The Cartier Foundation’s on going exhibit Ne Dans La Rue (Born in the streets).
Devoted to graffiti and street art, the exhibition Born in the Streets—Graffiti will bring to light the extraordinary expansion of an artistic movement that developed in the streets of New York in the early 1970s to rapidly become a world-wide phenomenon.
Today, graffiti has entered the cultural mainstream, crossing over to the realms of studio art, design and advertising. Yet despite its immense popularity, this essentially illegal activity continues to evolve at the periphery of the contemporary art world,
its origins and evolution little-known to the general public. The exhibition at the Fondation Cartier attempts to sketch the general contours of a subject that is vast and complex, encompassing many different ideas, media and movements across its boundaries.
Featured artists:
Seen, Charlie Ahern, Jon One, Delta, Barry McGee, Vitché, Quik, Koor, Toxic, Co Co 144, Alan Ket, Maripol, Basco Vazko, Olivier Kosta-Théphaine, Nug, Part 1, Evan Roth, Boris Tellegen, Gérard Zlotykamien, L’Association Le MUR, Cripta,
Manfred Kerchheimer, Paris Joao & Roberto Wainer
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain: http://fondation.cartier.com/files/press_file_1856_en.pdf
261 boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris, France
Ne Dans La Rue runs from July 7th - November 29th 2009
Posted by Chino on July 14, 2009 at 03:25 PM
