The exhibition will trace the development of graffiti and street art from the 1970s to the global movement it has become today, concentrating. museum exhibition of the history of graffiti and street art. A new website revisits the popular survey of contemporary street art at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Geffen Contemporary satellite space in 2011, curated by then-Director Jeffrey Deitch. The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Art in the Streets, the first major U.S. 10 Frederick Chapter 1 Street Art in the Museum In April of 2011 the Museum of Contemporary Art, or MOCA, in Los Angeles opened its exhibition Art in the. If the shows were compared based on just 12 weeks, the Warhol exhibition appears to be the winner. APRIL 17AUG/ THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY AT MOCA. While the show has been tagged as a success by critics and been enjoying solid attendance, the. RiverThe Museum of Contemporary Arts ambitious Art in the Streets carries a decree declaring graffiti is a contemporary art form.
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The museum said its previous top-attended exhibitions were the 2002 Andy Warhol retrospective with 195,000 visitors, and the 2007 Takashi Murakami show with 149,323 visitors.īut the comparison between shows can be misleading since ‘Art in the Street’ ran for more weeks than the Warhol show - about 16 weeks versus 12 weeks, respectively. Heather Mac Donald, in her Sunday Op-Ed 'Tagging MOCA,' left little doubt how she feels. The series has covered art in the streets, whether it be murals or graffiti, in its installments of Venice and the L.A. The exhibition was held at the museum’s Geffen Contemporary space in Little Tokyo. MOCA LA is showing Art in the Streets, which features artwork from numerous big names in the skate / street art scene including Kieth Haring, Mister Cartoon. MOCA said Wednesday that ‘Art in the Streets’ saw attendance of 201,352 visitors during its run from April 17 to Aug. MOCA said the exhibition about the history of graffiti and street art was the most attended show in its history - but closer inspection shows that the record comes with a caveat.
‘ Art in the Streets’ has proved to be a certifiable popular hit for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Museum of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles By Tucker Neel Its hard to see MOCAs blockbuster exhibition, Art In The Streets, apart from its surrounding.
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