Street Art, Street Life Panel Discussion
Last night, last minute, I decided to check out the Aperture/New School panel on Street Art, Street Life. The talk was in correlation with the exhibition of the same name that is up in the Bronx Museum of the Arts now. Overall the talk was a bit dry (the woman next to me actually feel asleep for most of it!)… but there are always interesting things to be culled from any lecture. The panel was Barbara Moore (wife and archivist of Peter Moore), Jamel Shabazz, and Martha Rosler. Most of the work discussed was much older, mostly photography, and mostly based in and around NYC. It was more or less a history of older, alternative street photography. It was cool to hear about New York City of the different eras- the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s… Peter Moore’s photos of the early Fluxus movement in Soho and the destruction of the old Penn Station, Jamel’s images of the street fashion and street scenes from Brooklyn and Manhattan since the 70’s, and Matha’s various Bowery projects.
Destruction of Penn Station photographed by Peter Moore
I picked up the exhibition book, (cover featuring Robin Rhode!) and will try to get a better feel for what’s in the exhibition. The curator touched on one of my favorites, Nikki Lee, in her intro, but we never heard more about her in the discussion.
Tags: Aperture, Photography, Street Art