It is not easy to grasp the outlines and spot the main artists of Street Art. And yet, established since nearly fifty years on five continents, Street Art is one of the greatest artistic movements of our time. Driven by a perpetual quest for legitimacy with museums as pioneers of graffiti, urban art is characterized by its codes, its diversity, its popularity and its anchoring in the present. It is a prism of reflection accessible to all.
In a city created entirely for the exhibition, discover:
- A journey beyond the constraints of reality.
- The iconic walls of Banksy, JR, Obey, Jef Aérosol, Ernest Pignon Ernest alongside pioneering street art graffiti and historic New York trains from the years
- The history and values of Street Art, a movement committed to the environment and humanism rooted in a deeply urban identity
In a virtual and universal museum, how do you select works – walls, more precisely – and be sure that they are representative of the movement? It is not possible. History does not give us enough perspective to extract the essence.
A “Walk Into Street Art” is a non-exhaustive parenthesis, a window. We catch a glimpse of the desire to make works and their contexts interact by broadening the artists’ purpose towards a universal meaning.
