Beyond the Streets | |
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Status | active |
Genre | exhibition |
Frequency | yearly |
Country | USA, UK, China |
Years active | 6 |
Inaugurated | 6 May 2018 |
Founder | Roger Gastman |
Participants | <100 |
Attendance | 100,000 - 220,000 |
People | Martha Cooper |
Sponsors | Adidas Skateboarding, Discover Los Angeles, Modernica, Montana Colors, NPR, and the Steel Partners Foundation |
Website |
beyondthestreets |
Beyond the Streets is a graffiti and street art exhibition and gallery created and curated by Roger Gastman. [1] [2] The first exhibition was held in 2018 in Los Angeles, USA [3] and has since occurred yearly. In 2022, a permanent gallery and store was opened at the location of the original exhibition in LA. [4]
Photojournalist Martha Cooper has had her work featured at, and is the official photographer of, the exhibition. [1]
The concept of Beyond the Streets evolved from Gastman's earlier exhibition Art in the Streets, held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in 2011. [5] [6]
The first Beyond the Streets was in LA from 6 May to 6 July 2018, [7] and featured work by pioneering graffiti writers Cornbread, TAKI 183, and Lady Pink, [7] well-known artist Banksy. [8] Every piece of art on display at the exhibition came directly from the artist, rather than from private collections. [9] Over 60,000 people visited the exhibition. [10]
The second Beyond the Streets was held in New York City, USA. [11] and celebrated "fifty years of graffiti" [12] and had work from over 150 international artists. [13] It ran for three months from 21 June [14] to 29 September after being extended from its original planned end in August. [15]
Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 Beyond the Streets existed as a virtual fair on 5 December [2] with editorial content, drawing sessions with artists, behind-the-scenes museum tours, [16] and an art fair in partnership with NTWRK. [2]
The 2021 exhibition was titled Beyond the Streets on Paper and took place in Southampton, NY, USA [17] from 17 July to 28 August. [18] It featured artists including Felipe Pantone, Guerrilla Girls, Kenny Scharf, Mister Cartoon, Pushead, Shantell Martin, and Shepard Fairey. [19]
In 2023 the exhibition was in London, UK at the Saatchi Gallery. [20] [21] It ran from 17 February to 9 May [22] on the 50th anniversary of hip hop. [23] The exhibition took over the entire 70,000 sqft of the Saatchi Gallery [24] including hallways and staircases. [23] The exhibition made use of traditional galleries with canvases and art in frames, as well as themed rooms such as "Trash Records", a recreated record shop covered in graffiti and posters [1] and a giant lego style alley, [25] and a blacklight neon graffiti room. [22]
The exhibition featured work by over 100 artists including Kenny Scharf, Shepard Fairey, Futura, [26] Lady Pink, [23] Charlie Ahearn, GOLDIE, Guerrilla Girls, Jenny Holzer, Todd James, Paul Insect, Dash Snow, [24] AIKO, [27] Keith Haring, Malcolm McLaren and photography by street art photojournalist Martha Cooper. [1] The UK location meant the exhibition featured artworks by more UK artistis such as Malcolm McLaren and MODE2. [28]
A second exhibition took place in 2023 in Shanghai, China after originally having been delayed due to COVID-19, [29] but opened on 25 July 2023, and is set to end on 7 October. [29] It was created in partnership with the Perrotin Gallery and is the largest graffiti exhibition in China and the largest Beyond the Streets exhibition so far, taking up 100,000 sqft. [30]
The Beyond the Streets gallery opened in 2022. [31] Unlike the exhibitions, the gallery contains works on loan from private collectors. [4] It shares a building with Gastman's Control Gallery, a non-street art gallery that contains "artists who we love that don’t come from graffiti and street art who we would love to work with." [4]
Beyond the Streets has collaborated with Adidas Skateboarding to create clothing, [32] LA-based art charity Paak House to run art programs for foster children, [33] and art brand Montana Colors to create custom paint cans. [34] Discover Los Angeles, Modernica, NPR, and the Steel Partners Foundation have sponsored them. [35]
Beyond the Streets | |
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![]() | |
Status | active |
Genre | exhibition |
Frequency | yearly |
Country | USA, UK, China |
Years active | 6 |
Inaugurated | 6 May 2018 |
Founder | Roger Gastman |
Participants | <100 |
Attendance | 100,000 - 220,000 |
People | Martha Cooper |
Sponsors | Adidas Skateboarding, Discover Los Angeles, Modernica, Montana Colors, NPR, and the Steel Partners Foundation |
Website |
beyondthestreets |
Beyond the Streets is a graffiti and street art exhibition and gallery created and curated by Roger Gastman. [1] [2] The first exhibition was held in 2018 in Los Angeles, USA [3] and has since occurred yearly. In 2022, a permanent gallery and store was opened at the location of the original exhibition in LA. [4]
Photojournalist Martha Cooper has had her work featured at, and is the official photographer of, the exhibition. [1]
The concept of Beyond the Streets evolved from Gastman's earlier exhibition Art in the Streets, held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in 2011. [5] [6]
The first Beyond the Streets was in LA from 6 May to 6 July 2018, [7] and featured work by pioneering graffiti writers Cornbread, TAKI 183, and Lady Pink, [7] well-known artist Banksy. [8] Every piece of art on display at the exhibition came directly from the artist, rather than from private collections. [9] Over 60,000 people visited the exhibition. [10]
The second Beyond the Streets was held in New York City, USA. [11] and celebrated "fifty years of graffiti" [12] and had work from over 150 international artists. [13] It ran for three months from 21 June [14] to 29 September after being extended from its original planned end in August. [15]
Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2020 Beyond the Streets existed as a virtual fair on 5 December [2] with editorial content, drawing sessions with artists, behind-the-scenes museum tours, [16] and an art fair in partnership with NTWRK. [2]
The 2021 exhibition was titled Beyond the Streets on Paper and took place in Southampton, NY, USA [17] from 17 July to 28 August. [18] It featured artists including Felipe Pantone, Guerrilla Girls, Kenny Scharf, Mister Cartoon, Pushead, Shantell Martin, and Shepard Fairey. [19]
In 2023 the exhibition was in London, UK at the Saatchi Gallery. [20] [21] It ran from 17 February to 9 May [22] on the 50th anniversary of hip hop. [23] The exhibition took over the entire 70,000 sqft of the Saatchi Gallery [24] including hallways and staircases. [23] The exhibition made use of traditional galleries with canvases and art in frames, as well as themed rooms such as "Trash Records", a recreated record shop covered in graffiti and posters [1] and a giant lego style alley, [25] and a blacklight neon graffiti room. [22]
The exhibition featured work by over 100 artists including Kenny Scharf, Shepard Fairey, Futura, [26] Lady Pink, [23] Charlie Ahearn, GOLDIE, Guerrilla Girls, Jenny Holzer, Todd James, Paul Insect, Dash Snow, [24] AIKO, [27] Keith Haring, Malcolm McLaren and photography by street art photojournalist Martha Cooper. [1] The UK location meant the exhibition featured artworks by more UK artistis such as Malcolm McLaren and MODE2. [28]
A second exhibition took place in 2023 in Shanghai, China after originally having been delayed due to COVID-19, [29] but opened on 25 July 2023, and is set to end on 7 October. [29] It was created in partnership with the Perrotin Gallery and is the largest graffiti exhibition in China and the largest Beyond the Streets exhibition so far, taking up 100,000 sqft. [30]
The Beyond the Streets gallery opened in 2022. [31] Unlike the exhibitions, the gallery contains works on loan from private collectors. [4] It shares a building with Gastman's Control Gallery, a non-street art gallery that contains "artists who we love that don’t come from graffiti and street art who we would love to work with." [4]
Beyond the Streets has collaborated with Adidas Skateboarding to create clothing, [32] LA-based art charity Paak House to run art programs for foster children, [33] and art brand Montana Colors to create custom paint cans. [34] Discover Los Angeles, Modernica, NPR, and the Steel Partners Foundation have sponsored them. [35]