VISUAL SLANG
2008:THE
MODERN
URBAN
IMAGINATION FROM
TEHRAN TO TEL
AVIV
July 17 – August 31 2008
Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center is delighted to present VISUAL
SLANG 2008: THE MODERN URBAN
IMAGINATION FROM TEHRAN TO TEL AVIV, the second in a series of cutting-edge global urban art exhibits.
With its blazing rhythms, bold images and swooping shapes, graffiti struck the streets of New York City over 30 years ago. Since then, it has become a celebrated global phenomenon, recently making its mark on the streets of Tehran, Iran and Tel Aviv, Israel.
Featured in VISUAL SLANG 2008 and exhibited for the first time in the US are eight original pieces by the legendary Iranian street artist A1one. Renowned for introducing modern graffiti to the Islamic world, A1one creates intricate playful graphics evoking the cultural landscape of his country, along with iconic social statements. The streets of Tel Aviv have also emerged as a canvas for lively, often satirical, images.
VISUAL SLANG 2008 introduces the innovative artwork of Ame72, Know Hope, Klone, Smiling Bag Productions and Zero Cents who have transformed the environs of their adopted city within the past few years.Also featured for the first time in NYC in
VISUAL SLANG 2008 are the stylish and striking works of Gola, Kenor, Ovni, Pez and Tom14 of the Barcelona-based Martinez Crew whose inventive abstract forms and designs advance graffiti beyond its traditional mode. Other featured artists include: C215, Cekis, Lorenzo Gomez, Adi Mahalu, Noa Mahalu, Mateo,Kenji Nakayama, Onesto, Johan Potma, Julio Rölle, and Stinkfish. Among those artists representing NYC are Cern, Cope2, Chris Cortes, Indie184, Meres, and Spaze Crafte One.
VISUAL SLANG 2008 is a testament to this continually evolving – always vibrant – contemporary art form and to the modern urban imagination. Curated by Lois Stavsky,
VISUAL SLANG 2008: THE MODERN URBAN IMAGINATION opens on July 17th with a reception from 6-8 p.m. and continues through August 31st.
The Abrons Arts Center is located at 466 Grand Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It is open Tue. – Sat. 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Sun. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
For further information contact Lois Stavsky @ 917.562.8468.
Special thanks to the Jonathan LeVine Gallery