BEYOND THE STREETS: Graffiti & Street Art Exhibition Debuts in Brooklyn
Vandalism As Contemporary Art
MONUMENTAL GRAFFITI & STREET ART EXHIBITION
BEYOND THE STREETS COMES TO BROOKLYN
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BEYOND THE STREETS, the premier exhibition of graffiti, street art and beyond, announced it will head to the art form’s epicenter: New York, on June 21st.
The show celebrates society’s most pervasive mark makers and rule breakers with a sprawling showcase of work by more than 150 artists from around the world.
Continuing its mission to elevate the art form and defy conventions, BEYOND THE STREETS New York will take over two floors of Twenty Five Kent, a new creative office building located on the waterfront in North Williamsburg. The exhibition will be comprised of more than 100,000 square feet of space and feature programming including performances, lectures and films.
Curated by graffiti historian and urban anthropologist Roger Gastman, BEYOND THE STREETS examines the fundamental human need for public self-expression, highlighting artists with roots in graffiti and street art whose work has evolved into highly disciplined studio practices, alongside important cultural figures inspired by these art forms. For New York, the travelling art experience takes an expanded look at the role of music and the theme of artist activism.
The show features numerous immersive installations, bringing the dynamic art forms off the walls and surrounding attendees with tactile experiences, including the U.S. debut of “Facing The Giant: 3 Decades of Dissent,” Shepard Fairey’s 30th Anniversary, a special Beastie Boys installation featuring artifacts and ephemera from the band’s prolific 4-decade history, oversized sculptures by FUTURA and Cleon Peterson, a wall of Jenny Holzer’s truisms, a functioning tattoo parlor by Bert Krak & Alexis Ross, a room of puppets by Paul INSECT and BAST made of trash, works by Takashi Murakami, Guerrilla Girls and much more.
BEYOND THE STREETS will also feature a curated gift shop with more than 150 items developed exclusively for the New York exhibition. The shop will feature a variety of apparel, collectibles, prints, books, toys, homegoods and accessories, including several limited-edition artist collaborations and a special capsule collection developed with adidas with proceeds benefiting NYC action sports charity Harold Hunter Foundation.
The show is developed in partnership with adidas Originals and adidas Skateboarding as a platform for creativity and Perrier, longtime supporters of the art world. Additional support provided by Modernica, Montana Colors, NPR, NTWRK, Twenty Five Kent and WNYC.
Artwork above by Kenny Scharf
FEATURED ARTISTS INCLUDE:
A-ONE
AIKO
Al Diaz
Alexis Ross
Alicia McCarthy
André Saraiva
Barry McGee
BAST
Beastie Boys
Bert Krak
Bill Barminski
Bill Daniel
BLADE
Broken Fingaz
Buddy Esquire
buZ blurr
Carlos Mare
Carl Weston
Cey Adams
C.R. Stecyk III
Charlie Ahearn
Chaz Bojórquez
Claudia Gold
Cleon Peterson
COCO 144
Conor Harrington
Corita Kent
Craig Costello
CRASH
DABSMYLA
Dan Witz
Dash Snow
DAZE
DEFER
Dennis Hopper
Doze Green
EARSNOT
Estevan Oriol
Fab 5 Freddy
FAILE
Faith XLVII
Felipe Pantone
FREEDOM
FUTURA 2000
Gajin Fujita
Glen E. Friedman
Gordon Matta-Clark
Guerrilla Girls
Eric Haze
Henry Chalfant
Herb Migdoll
HuskMitNavn
INVADER
Jane Dickson
Jason REVOK
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jenny Holzer
Jim Prigoff
John Ahearn
John Fekner
John Tsombikos
Joe Conzo
José Parlá
KATSU
KC Ortiz
Keith Haring
Kenny Scharf
Kilroy Was Here
LADY PINK
LAZAR
LEE Quiñones
Lisa Kahane
MADSAKI
Maripol
Mark Gonzales
Mark Mothersbaugh
Martha Cooper
Matt Weber
Maya Hayuk
Michael Lawrence
MIKE 171
MISS 17
Mister CARTOON
Nina Chanel Abney
NOC 167
Pat Riot
Patrick Martinez
Paul Insect
POSE
PRAY
Rammellzee
Randall Harrington
RETNA
Richard Colman
Richard Hambleton
RIME
RISK
Ron English
Ruby Neri
SABER
Sam Friedman
SANESMITH
Sayre Gomez
Shepard Fairey
SJK 171
SLICK
SNAKE 1
snipe1
STAY HIGH 149
Stephen Powers
SWOON
Takashi Murakami
TAKI 183
TATS CRU
TENGAone
Tim Conlon
Timothy Curtis
Todd James
Trash Records
UGA
VHILS
ZESER
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Roger Gastman is a curator, graffiti historian, urban anthropologist and collector who Forbes says, “has made a career of being the cultural connector between street artists and the art world.”BEYOND THE STREETS is Gastman’s dynamic follow-up to Art in the Streets, the graffiti and street art retrospective that broke MoCA Los Angeles’ attendance record with 220,000 visitors. Gastman founded and co-published Swindle magazine with Shepard Fairey, co-authored The History of American Graffiti and co-produced the Oscar-nominated Banksy documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop.
BEYOND THE STREETS opens at 25 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY on June 21st for a limited time. For tickets, hours of operation and more information, please visit: BEYONDTHESTREETS.COM.
BEYOND THE STREETS TEAM
Curator: Roger Gastman
Co-Curators: Sacha Jenkins SHR, Evan Pricco, David CHINO Villorente
Producer: Ian Mazie & Pressure Point Creativ
