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Urban Textures: The Significance of Graffiti, Street Art, and the Camera
Venturing through a city’s veins – the alleys, underpasses and hidden corners, we’re often greeted by a burst of colour, a cryptic tag or an elaborate mural that feels like a whisper from the street itself. Over the last few decades, the camera has become a lifeline to these urban inscriptions.
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Kanami Kusajima: On Community, Connection, and Street Dancing
Street dancer Kanami Kusajima turned pandemic isolation into movement across New York’s parks, finding community, activism, and fleeting human connection while fighting for buskers’ freedom, recognition, and the right to be heard.
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Subtle Transformations: The Art and Artists of Soft Shadows
In life, transformation isn’t always a matter of grand metamorphosis – rather it’s more often about the gentle changes that happen within us over time. This is the ethos of ‘Soft Shadows,’ an exhibition curated by Daphney Estrada at Bushwick Gallery. Featuring the works of Gina Keatley, Rachel Herring, Yulissa Cortinas, Aubrienne Bergeron, Eva Mesa, Helen Zhang, Johanna Arganbright, Kevin Jackson, Moira Kelly, Ronnie Williams, Sandra Tan, Spencer Patrick, and Valentina Benaglio, the show was on display from Thursday March 19th to March 26th, but although the work has come down, it continues to resonate.
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Showdown Chinatown: A Fusion of Culture & Community
On a fair September Saturday, a coalition of B-Boys, DJs, and Graffiti writers convened for Showdown Chinatown, the second annual hosting of hip-hop culture. Alive with scratching, spraying, and the sounds of cheers – the crowd watched as the variety of creatives did what they do best, with the triumphant return of the festival.
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The Keep: Brooklyn’s Cabinet of Curiosities
From the tangible to the metaphysical, The Keep functions as a cabinet of curiosities, a home away from home for all of Brooklyn’s misfit toys.
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Studio6 Gallery: Bringing Back Respect for Artists
Nestled near the corner of Rivington & Essex in Manhattan’s Lower East Side sits Studio6—a new kind of gallery space where street art isn’t just framed on walls, it’s the crux of the entire operation. And behind it all with support of his co-director and team, is SacSix, the street artist-turned-curator whose mission is as upfront as the wheatpastes he once stuck to lampposts: bring back the respect for artists.
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UP3 – Save Art Space: Redefining the Urban Landscape
In the run-up to our 5th Anniversary exhibition, we’re publishing some stories from the UP archives. From Issue 3: Community & Culture – Many artists dream of seeing their work plastered across the side of a building. Justin Aversano and Travis Rix, co-founders of SaveArtSpace, are the catalysts for that dream’s fruition. SaveArtSpace, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, seeks to disrupt the ceaseless stream of advertisements characteristic of our era, by providing communities with billboard takeovers curated with original art.
