Post on 16-Apr-2017
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Write a short paragraph:What should a museum for street art look like?
Where would it be located? (borough, neighborhood)
What kind of space would it be? (indoor/outdoor) and Why?
OG Art Historians!
CHAMPIONS OF EARTH AT 5 POINTZ! 2011!
The Institute of Higher Burnin’
History of it all
“Graffiti Mecca”
5Pointz gallery curator, Meres, plans to convert the five-story, block-long industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street into a graffiti museum. He is currently seeking a 501(c)3 certification for 5Pointz to confer tax-exempt status and allow tax-deductible donations.In addition, he plans to open a school for aspiring aerosol artists, complete with a formalized curriculum that imparts lessons in teamwork, art history, and entrepreneurship in addition to technique
AKAJonathan Cohen
The Towers
The Towers
David Wolkoff is the owner of the propertyAnd after getting backing by local government, He axquired a permit to demolish this massive building to build these towers.
Also…there’s a $400,000,000Price tag attached to these two buildings…
The Towers will include…
>>The creation of 1,000 union jobs (200 of them permanent) in connection with the razing and rebuilding of the 5Pointz site.
>>The increase of "art space" within the buildings from 2,000 to 12,000 square feet.
>>An inclusion of 10,000 square feet of external panels around the complex that will be devoted to aerosol art. Johnathan Cohen, the curator and founder of 5Pointz sometimes referred to as Meres One, has allegedly been invited to both paint and curate the panels.
>>32,000 square feet of public space that will include a park.
Gentrification
So what is inside this building, anyway?
So what is inside this building, anyway?
Bonnie Natko Sweatshop Workersdigital photograph 5Pointz 2008
Does the struggle of
graffiti artists to get their
artwork seen reflect the struggle of
5Pointz in any way?
Owen Dippie (OD)
Notorious BIG
2010
Owen Dippie (OD) in 2010
Semor, Onur, Wes21, & Kkade
Fressen & Gefressen Werden aerosol @5pointz 2013
Semor, Onur, Wes21, & Kkade
Eat and Be Eaten aerosol @5pointz 2013
Posing with Meres (second to left), 5Pointz founder and curator
Semor, Onur, Wes21, & Kkade
http://vimeo.com/48067824
James Cochran
Pointilism aerosol on wall 2013
James Cochran
Esteban de Valle
Beauty and the Beast
2012
Esteban del Valle
Esteban del Valle
Esteban del Valle
Del Valle works for a non-profit company called Groundswell, where he works with teens to make murals around public spaces in New
York City.
Esteban del Valle
I love graffiti and I love street art. But what I especially love about street art is that it inspires people to take to the streets to do more than just their names.
Pipe DreamsCharmed Disarmed
2013
Monsieur Plume
Monsieur Plume
5Pointz gives artists a space to show that graffiti can be more than just this ….
Banksy I hate this font stencil on wall in London 2012
Bushwick Five Points??
Near the Jefferson stop on the L Train
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