Buy Cheap Meridia Online - FDA Checked Pharmacy http://ronen.dvarim.com/cms/2007/08/06/street-art-belongs-on-the-street-not-in-the-gallery/ Deuteronomy - projects, pictures and words Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:01:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Buy Cheap Meridia Online - FDA Checked Pharmacy http://ronen.dvarim.com/cms/2007/08/06/street-art-belongs-on-the-street-not-in-the-gallery/comment-page-1/#comment-3668 m Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:37:47 +0000 http://ronen.dvarim.com/2007/08/06/street-art-belongs-on-the-street-not-in-the-gallery/#comment-3668 i completely disagree with the statement that "street art belongs on the street not in the gallery." maybe in the case of some of the graffiti that you saw in those shows, it didn't work. but the same can be said for painting, sculpture, drawing, etc. sometimes it just doesn't work. plus, street art is such a broad term, covering much more than graffiti. graffiti does lose some of its power in a gallery (usually scale issues, or lack of anything for it to relate to other than white walls), but i think it can transform the gallery, in the way that it can transform urban spaces. (ie barry mcgee's art) sure, gallery rules and street rules are not the same. it's the opposite to be illegally doing something in the streets, as opposed to legally doing something in a gallery. graffiti where i live (halifax, ns) gets painted over really quickly. people would rather have solid blocks of colour covering graffiti, rather than graffiti itself. which often is more visually unappealing itself. i think you over generalized. street art is important in its ability to transform space and public opinion, but i also think it can play a role in transforming gallery space and traditional standards and practices of showing and viewing art. taking it to the galleries is important too, streets aren't the only place that need guerrilla style art. i completely disagree with the statement that “street art belongs on the street not in the gallery.” maybe in the case of some of the graffiti that you saw in those shows, it didn’t work. but the same can be said for painting, sculpture, drawing, etc. sometimes it just doesn’t work. plus, street art is such a broad term, covering much more than graffiti.

graffiti does lose some of its power in a gallery (usually scale issues, or lack of anything for it to relate to other than white walls), but i think it can transform the gallery, in the way that it can transform urban spaces. (ie barry mcgee’s art)

sure, gallery rules and street rules are not the same. it’s the opposite to be illegally doing something in the streets, as opposed to legally doing something in a gallery. graffiti where i live (halifax, ns) gets painted over really quickly. people would rather have solid blocks of colour covering graffiti, rather than graffiti itself. which often is more visually unappealing itself.

i think you over generalized. street art is important in its ability to transform space and public opinion, but i also think it can play a role in transforming gallery space and traditional standards and practices of showing and viewing art. taking it to the galleries is important too, streets aren’t the only place that need guerrilla style art.

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