http://hyperallergic.com/91/street-artvertisements/ Sensitive to Art and its Discontents Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://hyperallergic.com/91/street-artvertisements/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Alison Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:09:50 +0000 http://dev.hyperallergic.com/?p=91#comment-668 This is a really interesting post.... As is Gaia's comment. Commercialisation seems increasingly to be such a fraught issue, I think it's worth considering what work the concept 'commercial' does in the ways we think about the street. What's the line (if any) that divides the beautiful from the commercial? The OBEY folks seem tremendously commercial to me, but the work on the streets is still, at least sometimes, breathtakingly lovely. And the artists I've interviewed have held really varied views about the role commerce plays in variously supporting or destroying their creativity. And the Ronzo sticker? Well, part of me thinks, yes, it's a shame it was placed over the stencil. But another part of me thinks that none of this art is meant to last, whether the agent of 'destruction' or transformation is the weather, the cops, the city, or other artists... All fascinating stuff. Thanks for the post! This is a really interesting post…. As is Gaia’s comment. Commercialisation seems increasingly to be such a fraught issue, I think it’s worth considering what work the concept ‘commercial’ does in the ways we think about the street. What’s the line (if any) that divides the beautiful from the commercial? The OBEY folks seem tremendously commercial to me, but the work on the streets is still, at least sometimes, breathtakingly lovely. And the artists I’ve interviewed have held really varied views about the role commerce plays in variously supporting or destroying their creativity. And the Ronzo sticker? Well, part of me thinks, yes, it’s a shame it was placed over the stencil. But another part of me thinks that none of this art is meant to last, whether the agent of ‘destruction’ or transformation is the weather, the cops, the city, or other artists… All fascinating stuff. Thanks for the post!

]]> http://hyperallergic.com/91/street-artvertisements/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Gaia Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:04:19 +0000 http://dev.hyperallergic.com/?p=91#comment-351 I would posit that the supposed gallery/street binary is in fact a convenient fallacy. I would say that they aren't "opposed," but now enable one another. While hopefully the intention of the work is not simply promotion, of course it goes without saying that a correlation between the work on the street and its comparable counterpart in the gallery is inevitable. Really loved "...bring the “everyday” into the artworld. Street art, by contrast, brings art into the everyday, into the streets." I never even considered the converse desire to bring the everyday into the art but have thought so much obviously about street art quietly entering a place within the routine, exceeding boundaries where art is relegated or expected to be experienced. Is it weird that I've commented on two articles? hahaha I would posit that the supposed gallery/street binary is in fact a convenient fallacy. I would say that they aren’t “opposed,” but now enable one another. While hopefully the intention of the work is not simply promotion, of course it goes without saying that a correlation between the work on the street and its comparable counterpart in the gallery is inevitable. Really loved “…bring the “everyday” into the artworld. Street art, by contrast, brings art into the everyday, into the streets.” I never even considered the converse desire to bring the everyday into the art but have thought so much obviously about street art quietly entering a place within the routine, exceeding boundaries where art is relegated or expected to be experienced. Is it weird that I’ve commented on two articles? hahaha

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