{"id":2957,"date":"2011-05-09T23:59:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T06:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/05\/the-biggest-ever-retrospective-of-street-art-and-graffiti\/"},"modified":"2011-05-13T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T00:43:56","slug":"the-biggest-ever-retrospective-of-street-art-and-graffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/09\/the-biggest-ever-retrospective-of-street-art-and-graffiti\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The biggest-ever retrospective of street art and graffiti.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/As%20crowds%20flock%20to%20LA%20for%20the%20biggest-ever%20retrospective%20of%20street%20art%20and%20graffiti,%20we%20showcase%20the%20artists%20most%20likely%20to%20follow%20in%20the%20footsteps%20of%20Banksy%20and%20Shepard%20Fairey.%20%20The%20rise%20of%20the%20leading%20pop-art%20movement%20of%20our%20time%20has%20been%20somewhat%20improbable.%20From%20the%20clanging,%20dirty%20New%20York%20subways%20that%20were%20its%20first%20canvases%20to%20white-walled%20galleries%20in%20London,%20New%20York,%20or%20Tokyo,%20graffiti%20has%20entranced%20teenagers%20and%20art%20collectors%20alike.%20Now%20the%20movement%E2%80%99s%20birthplace%20is%20finally%20recognizing%20its%20most%20wide-reaching%20visual-art%20phenomenon%20with%20the%20first%20major%20museum%20exhibition%20to%20pay%20homage%20to%20the%20artists%20(or%20vandals,%20depending%20on%20your%20point%20of%20view)%20whose%20canvases%20are%20the%20urban%20streetscape.\" target=\"_blank\">from Red Bull USA\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; color: #353535; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase\" class=\"Apple-style-span\">THE NEW MASTERS OF GRAFFITI<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; font-size: 12px; color: #353535; font-weight: bold\" class=\"Apple-style-span\">by Caroline Ryder\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As crowds flock to LA for\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold\">the biggest-ever retrospective of street art and graffiti<\/strong>, we showcase the artists most likely to follow in the footsteps of Banksy and Shepard Fairey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redbullusa.com\/cs\/RedBull\/RBImages\/000\/000\/349\/650\/photo610x343a\/streetart.jpg\" height=\"315\" width=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rise of the leading pop-art movement of our time has been somewhat improbable. From the clanging, dirty New York subways that were its first canvases to white-walled galleries in London, New York, or Tokyo, graffiti has entranced teenagers and art collectors alike. Now the movement\u2019s birthplace is finally recognizing its most wide-reaching visual-art phenomenon with the first major museum exhibition to pay homage to the artists (or vandals, depending on your point of view) whose canvases are the urban streetscape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Art In The Streets&#8221;, which opened last month at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, honors graffiti \u2013 and its hip young sibling, street art \u2013 with an exhibition spanning 30,000 square feet and featuring 50 artists, a number and size unprecedented in the movement\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/As%20crowds%20flock%20to%20LA%20for%20the%20biggest-ever%20retrospective%20of%20street%20art%20and%20graffiti,%20we%20showcase%20the%20artists%20most%20likely%20to%20follow%20in%20the%20footsteps%20of%20Banksy%20and%20Shepard%20Fairey.%20%20The%20rise%20of%20the%20leading%20pop-art%20movement%20of%20our%20time%20has%20been%20somewhat%20improbable.%20From%20the%20clanging,%20dirty%20New%20York%20subways%20that%20were%20its%20first%20canvases%20to%20white-walled%20galleries%20in%20London,%20New%20York,%20or%20Tokyo,%20graffiti%20has%20entranced%20teenagers%20and%20art%20collectors%20alike.%20Now%20the%20movement%E2%80%99s%20birthplace%20is%20finally%20recognizing%20its%20most%20wide-reaching%20visual-art%20phenomenon%20with%20the%20first%20major%20museum%20exhibition%20to%20pay%20homage%20to%20the%20artists%20(or%20vandals,%20depending%20on%20your%20point%20of%20view)%20whose%20canvases%20are%20the%20urban%20streetscape.\" target=\"_blank\">click to continue reading at RedBullUSA.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Red Bull USA\u00a0 THE NEW MASTERS OF GRAFFITI by Caroline Ryder\u00a0 As crowds flock to LA for\u00a0the biggest-ever retrospective of street art and graffiti, we showcase the artists most likely to follow in the footsteps of Banksy and Shepard Fairey. 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