Graffiti artists
dal 22/3/2004 al 23/5/2004
Segnalato da
22/3/2004
Graffiti artists
International Centre of Graphic Arts MGLC, Ljubljana
Graffiti are usually made in urban settings - streets, road and railway passageways - and they represent a manner of communication between an individual, or an organised group, and society. For graffiti artists, empty and clean city walls are much worse to see than any graffiti on it. They offer a chance to express oneself freely, under a pseudonym, knowing that these paintings will soon be covered or erased. Can a gallery wall - a place of institutionally-defined expression - present a challenge for a graffiti artist? Is graffiti art a mode of contemporary artistic expression?
Gallery wall as a challenge?
Graffiti are usually made in urban settings - streets, road and railway
passageways - and they represent a manner of communication between an
individual, or an organised group, and society. For graffiti artists, empty
and clean city walls are much worse to see than any graffiti on it. They
offer a chance to express oneself freely, under a pseudonym, knowing that
these paintings will soon be covered or erased.
Can a gallery wall - a place of institutionally-defined expression - present
a challenge for a graffiti artist? Is graffiti art a mode of contemporary
artistic expression? The exhibition aims to explore answers to these
questions by inviting graffiti artists from around Slovenia to create works
of most different styles and contents on the roofs of the gallery.
Opening: 23 March at 8 p.m.
International Centre of Graphic Arts, Mansion Tivoli, Pod turnom 3,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: 00386 (0)1 2413 800, fax: 00386 (0)1 2413 821