Hello all,
my name is Simone and I am the visual arts coordinator in charge of the Adell McMillan Gallery and the EMUs permanent art collection.
I hope to be putting on some great shows in the next couple years, so keep an eye out.
my name is Simone and I am the visual arts coordinator in charge of the Adell McMillan Gallery and the EMUs permanent art collection.
I hope to be putting on some great shows in the next couple years, so keep an eye out.
Graffiti and stuff
posted: Mar 31, '08 12:25PMseeing as we are having this graffiti show on Friday, I thought I might hit the blogosphere a little and chat about, well, graffiti.
For some reason, I always forget that graffiti is a culture that has been adopted by people in all parts of the world. I was in Amsterdam recently and was pleasantly surprised by some of the graffiti I saw while there. Some parts of town were just covered in your random tags, that are really kind of boring, while elsewhere, you would see elaborate murals that climbed 2 stories high.
In the city center of Amsterdam, you have to traverse a maze of alleys to get from one place to the other, and in those alleys was where you would see some of the best work.
For whatever reason, I really liked the way this wall looked with the ivy creeping over it. This was in the neighborhood of Jordaan, just a walk outside of the main part of Amsterdam.
when I was on the train with some random Australian, we were talking about the abundance of graffiti we were seeing and it was funny, because he was like "yeah, try to envision a bunch of 6' 4" blonde haired blue eyed guys doing this stuff"...way to stereotype, right? But it is a funny visual.
For some reason, I always forget that graffiti is a culture that has been adopted by people in all parts of the world. I was in Amsterdam recently and was pleasantly surprised by some of the graffiti I saw while there. Some parts of town were just covered in your random tags, that are really kind of boring, while elsewhere, you would see elaborate murals that climbed 2 stories high.
In the city center of Amsterdam, you have to traverse a maze of alleys to get from one place to the other, and in those alleys was where you would see some of the best work.
For whatever reason, I really liked the way this wall looked with the ivy creeping over it. This was in the neighborhood of Jordaan, just a walk outside of the main part of Amsterdam.
when I was on the train with some random Australian, we were talking about the abundance of graffiti we were seeing and it was funny, because he was like "yeah, try to envision a bunch of 6' 4" blonde haired blue eyed guys doing this stuff"...way to stereotype, right? But it is a funny visual.