Word: graffiti
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...such candidate for new critical acclaim is commercial art, graffiti is the democratic underdog. It presents itself on a daily basis to almost anyone living in a city. Of course there are reasons why Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) curators don't run down to the grafitti streets with open arms. Graffiti is one of the most objectionable forms of art, as it can be difficult to distinguish between creativity and malicious vandalism...
...Some would hesitate to even call graffiti art--the law treats anything painted on a surface without the owner's permission as vandalism. But other members of the art world see a strange beauty in walls and doors scarred by markers and spray paint. The curators of the Trustman Gallery of Simmons College, near the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, have even had the good sense to devote an exhibtion to tag art: Graffiti is running through the end of the month...
...Exhibiting graffiti is not a new idea, but the Trustman exhibit takes a fresh look at "a global art movement with origins in urban hip hop culture." The show's curators, Bob Oppenheim and Matt Clark, attempt to put Boston graffiti "in context," examining the motives of graffiti artists and writers. Inspired by a paper written by his late son, Josh, Oppenheim says the purpose of the show is not just to exhibit graffiti, but to win over the public as well...
...While the focus is on Boston area graffiti, graffiti is not a unique phenomenon in each city; many of the activities and concerns of writers around the world are very similar. Today's urban graffiti has its roots in the New York of the early '70s. It is a worldwide phenomenon, visible in almost any city or town, with new styles and movements developing and spreading out of the cities...
...easier to accept graffiti as art after seeing it in a gallery. The exhibit itself consists of collected 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...