In 2011, Art in the Streets—a first-of-its-kind museum exhibit of street art—broke attendance records for MOCA. Now, seven years later, Roger Gastman, the graffiti historian and street art guru who helped assemble that exhibit, is coming back to L.A. for a new show so sweeping in scope that rather than try to fit everything inside a conventional gallery, his team has taken over an entire warehouse in Chinatown with more than 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor displays. Beyond the Streets examines global street art movements, and brings together works of painting, photography, sculpture, and film by over 100 influential artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Takashi Murakami, Jenny Holzer, and Martha Cooper. A strong contingent of L.A.-based artists are in the mix, including…View Original Post
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