Word: forme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exhibit doesn't automatically assume all graffiti is art. Part of the complexity of the question "is graffiti art" stems from the illegal nature of its creation. The oldest artwork in the world, cave paintings such as those found in Lascaux, France, could be considered a form of graffiti. But more importantly, Lascaux, like grafitti, was someone's attempt to leave their mark, and in the debate over the merits of grafitti, such a point seems more important than legalities. Additionally grafitti is also a sign of anger, resentment, and a sort of liberation in defying society's laws...
...photographs of Boston-area graffiti from the late '80s to the present day, along with various graffiti-covered doors and windows. A few of the pieces look as if they might be found in the Guggenheim rather than in an exhibit on street art, and such similarities with other forms of contemporary art support the argument that graffiti might indeed be a "real" art form...
...Oppenheim sees it, one of the best parts of the Trustman exhibit is that it raises these questions; "You're not asking, is graffiti art. You're asking, what is art?" It's true that this most unconventional (and original) of art forms forces us to reconsider what it is we value in visual art. If we need to argue over whether spray paint on a wall has the same merits as watercolor on a canvas, then we need to argue about art's very definition. And what is the definition? Is everything that is a visual form of expression...
...Josh Oppenheim's paper suggests that today's graffiti is a return to the purest form of artistic expression--sketches and scribbles on cave walls. Oppenheim's paper quotes a graffiti artist who claims that "the art on the streets are the real life galleries." The most basic expression of anger and pride may well come from the streets, but can the rest of us understand them? The paper also quotes ethnologist Robert Colombo as saying, "After reading kilometers of walls one realizes that, whatever its meaning, here is what it means to be human." Can we look past...
...collective unconscious. That's not to say The Blair Witch Project is a bad movie. In terms of premise alone, it's probably one of the most original features of the decade. But an Alfred Hitchcock film this is not. Its tireless commitment to the most bleak form of realism, while admirable in this age of special effects-laden horror films, gives it the emotional depth of an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. The fear of the movie's characters is raw and brutal, but the fear of the audience members is dulled by the absence of any emotional involvement...