This thanks to the efforts of a few forward-thinking artists, art dealers and collectors. While graffiti and street art date back to the late 1960s and early 1970s, it didn’t take long for these artforms to be assimilated into the institutionalized art world. Ultimately, we invite you to join one of the most pressing debates taking place around street art today: Is street art exhibited inside still street art? With the ultimate goal of providing you more depth in relation to our opening exhibition and this current discussion, this article briefly explores the history of this monumental shift from brick walls to white cubes and the various points of view that help define it. What does the institutionalization of street art mean for this art form? And what are the consequences for the artists themselves? We tackle these questions with Quote from the streets, the opening exhibition at STRAAT. But is street art actually street art when it appears on canvas? Isn’t street art by its very nature meant to slowly fade away into the urban landscape? Isn’t the rebellious spirit so essential to this art form lost once it ventures down the institutionalization path?Īrt institutes have been collecting and promoting graffiti and street art for nearly half a century, but these questions remain as relevant today as they were back in the 1970s and 1980s. Many hearts of residents and residents of The Hague beat faster at this building. Now an empty building, but back in time a nightlife for the wildest evenings. After De Bazart was taken over by Vereniging de Vinger, the purple facade was given a new, creative exterior. The building is now empty, the works of art can still be seen.Although graffiti and street art emerged as illegal and underground expressions on the streets, as pointed out in our last in-depth article, it didn’t take very long for the traditional art world to absorb them into their galleries and museums.
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