Video from PBS featuring interviews with previously featured Artists of the Day Olek and Swoon
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WORDS IN THE CITY
London-based Artist/Rogue urban poet, Robert Montgomery hijacks advertising space to put up these often thought-provoking statements. I love how his bio explains the intent…” they are intended to be encountered by commuters that don’t know they are art, and an attempt to describe in public space what it feels like to live now”.
…very Samo-esque.
NEW YORK
Our good friend Starheadboy recently put some wheatpaste pieces on the streets of Seattle depicting awesomely cute and rather thoughtful kitties frolicking in boxes while pleading the case for public art instead of advertising.
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Maybe put it on a canvas instead of someone’s property, and we can all be happy.
who paying for these canvases or the art programs so these kids can have that? Why should it matter if these run down buildings that never get fixed up anyway get graffiti’d?
Therein lies the issue. Art programs, both visual and performance based, are the first programs to be cut. Canvas ain’t cheap. Neither are the supplies. Much of the graffiti that takes place IS on buildings that are run down. The gov’t didn’t place any value on these properties and yet get pissy with dudes “vandalizing” their shit. You can’t have it both ways, ya dig.
My father was a garment contractor in LA. In the late 80s, he owned the building where he had his factory. He thought it would be a cool idea to commission local graffiti artists, usually young Black and Latino men looking to stay out of trouble, to paint murals on his buildings. After all, he runs a garment design/manufacturing company, and creative signage is great advertising.
One day, he showed up to the building and the city just painted over the murals without permission or notice.
First, the city told him he couldn’t have graffiti art on HIS building because it brought down property value. After he complained, then they said: ok you can do this, but you need a permit. After he got the permit, then the city said: ok, but you can only use these artists. Of course, these artists were all White graphic design students from USC, and of course they charged 3x more.
There is a prejudice against this type of art, and it’s racial. Banksy vandalizes folks buildings all the time, and folks treat him like the Messiah. He ain’t doing nothing new that Black and Brown folks haven’t done for decades.
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Imponderabelia
1977Seen is the original performance with Ulay and Marina that was reenacted at MoMA in 2010.
Rest Energy
1980Ulay and Abramovic draw a large bow and arrow, one holding each side. The arrowhead is pointing at Abramovic’s heart. The slightest movement could be fatal. Microphones on their clothes pick up their quickening heart beats and Ulay’s irregular breathing.
The Great Wall Walk
1988In 1988 Ms. Abramovic and her performance partner / lover Ulay parted ways in one final performace together. They started at opposite ends of the Great Wall of China and walked 2000km (taking 90 or so days) only to meet in the middle and say good-bye.
