Our friend Butterfly sent us a batch of images from the MoCA preview. Check out the full set below. I must say, I was a tad surprised how few of the core group of artists tackled the issue of the work in the context of a museum and for the main, created set designed "street scenes", maybe this was the point, but can't help feeling it's all a little "theatrical".
Banksy, irreverent as ever, seems to have been one of the few that took this on, with a sly nod to his "museums are trophy cabinets for the rich" quote, he digs out a series of "historical" stencils and earlier works and presents them in a very dry and quite mundane manner. I've read numerous reviews and blogs that seem to be missing the point and have this down as a rare "Banksy" fail.
However, one look at the main wall (top image), his main contribution to the show, an immense stained glass church window made up of tags created by local kids, and we see where he's going with this.
Street Art and Graffiti in a museum context requires your complete submission, to academia, to curatorship, to the institution and commodification in general. All bow to the authority of tradition. Art is serious, submit, and we'll show you the way.
And all this before Deitch in a post festival interview said of Graffiti writers..
Jeffrey Deitch 'If you harness your talent you can be in a museum some day...."
Nice one Banksy.
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