Street Art Rocks!!
The theme for this exhibit is street art, which is art that can be viewed more publicly than going into a gallery. This art can exist in the form of painting, chalk, or even others on the street that is exposed directly to the public. This form of art is greatly appreciated, not only because it can be viewed easily publicly, but because the public can watch the making of it.
Kurt Wenner started his love for art in 1982 in Rome, though his talent was noticed much earlier as a teenager. He was well known for his three dimensional paintings which started a whole new trend of art. Kurt attended college at Rhode Island’s School of Design and Art. Kurt became NASA’s scientific space illustrator after attending college, then decided to follow his own path for love of his art. The base and a big majority of Wenner’s art came from his knowledge of the classical era of the Renaissance. It was in 1984 that Wenner created illusionist street paintings.
Jean Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1960. He was known as a graffiti artist in his teenager years. Gallery owners slowly began to notice his art on the streets, which made him a big deal. A lot of his work were based on the exploitation of black heroes. He worked with Andy Warhol, who was a big influence on him. In the early 1980’s he had his art exhibits in New York, Japan, Europe, and California. He died of a drug overdose in 1988, possibly over how distraught he was over Andy Warhol’s death, and was buried in his hometown Brooklyn.
