Posts Tagged ‘ street art ’

Urban Art: Awesome or Lame?

June 11, 2008
By Saskia Vogel
Urban Art: Awesome or Lame?

I love it. It’s baloney glorification of serious problems in ghettoized communities, irresponsibly not helping the issues on the street.  It is significant. I have my eye on this debate…Here’s an article about the legitimization of graffiti. Graffiti finds its place in contemporary art By Claudia Barbieri Friday, May 30, 2008 PARIS: In the summer of...
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Citizen LA: Islands of L.A.

February 20, 2008
By Saskia Vogel
Citizen LA: Islands of L.A.

Another grand piece in the Citizen. This one’s about street art of the “make you think” kind, the kind that’s invisible, sometimes, and often for the greater joy of the public…and all on a traffic island.Think Guerilla Gardening gets a land grant. Or Wordsworth leaves the Lake District for Yosemite and shakes hands with...
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