MOCA “Art In The Streets” Mega Blog #2

Graffiti is Graffiti, StreetArt is StreetArt but what is in this show is ART. The reason these works were even in the museum is because the art work speaks for itself. All of this hype centered around the idea that “StreetArt” only belongs in the streets and that this museum show has some how disrupted this code is a limited argument. Its only the named label of “Street” art that seems to cause conflict.  Graffiti and StreetArt are an act of a public artistic display but the idea that it only belongs outdoors falls short of the bigger picture that this art has greater merits than it being on someones walls. To prove that point I started this blog off with Chaz Bojorquez’s Graffiti Mandala as a perfect example of a timeless hand painted masterpiece. Graffiti/StreetArt label or not nobody can deny the crafted ability of this piece yet again proving the fact that its all about the work. We Graffiti artists just happen to come from painting ART In The Streets…..