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Spoken towards the end of Graffiti, the performance at the Loeb Experimental Theater this weekend, these words could have been the (ideological) motivation for the show’s production. The heels of tap dancers beating on the stage, the percussionists banging pots and pans, the deejay scratching his records, the projection of spoken word performers’ voices, and the whisper of a graffiti spray can, combine to create an almost deafening roar...

Author: By Cara B. Eisenpress, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Urban Takes Center Stage | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...Graffiti, produced by Cathy E. Handy ’06 and directed by Jeffrey A. Barnet ’06, is so varied its only unity seems to be found in the high volume. But beneath the slamming, banging, and tapping, Graffiti is an oddly quiet reflection on cities and their infinite variety...

Author: By Cara B. Eisenpress, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Urban Takes Center Stage | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...graffiti of the title makes intermittent appearances on the black wall at the back of the stage; as different artists leave their mark, the wall accumulates different colors and shapes. While one poet delivers a spoken word performance piece about liberty and equality in the United States, another performer slowly paints the Statue of Liberty with a green spray can. It is fascinating to watch her drawing develop from an oblong triangle to a realistic version of the monument, mixing visual art with performing in an offbeat way. Yet the show’s graffiti element was not exploited...

Author: By Cara B. Eisenpress, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Urban Takes Center Stage | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...officer was sent to the School of Public Health to investigate vandalism. A few words had been spray-painted onto a building. The responding officer took a picture of the graffiti and filed a report...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

...explained the otherwise inexplicable fame of Schnabel, whose big, slapdash canvases seemed contrived for no greater purpose than to proclaim his muscular intention to proclaim muscular intentions. The other route an artist can pursue is to borrow from readily understood sources in pop culture. That would describe Basquiat's graffiti-derived gestures and Koons' life-size renditions of Michael Jackson and the Pink Panther. Even if you don't know about Basquiat's debt to the scribble paintings of Cy Twombly or Koons' connection to Marcel Duchamp, you know what graffiti and the Pink Panther are. You have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Does '80s Art Look Now? | 3/28/2005 | See Source »

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