Graffiti - up on the wall

Kwame Monroe, aka Bear (American, 20th century, deceased). Sunday Afternoon, 1984. Spray paint on canvas.

We went to Brooklyn Museum's First Saturdays (a good use of corporate sponsorship, this event by Target) this past weekend and caught the Graffiti exhibit which has been vaunted by most NYC media. Frankly, it disappointed. A very literal exhibit, and most pieces on canvas...hmmm. I heard multiple murmurs of, "the Times is wrong" (nb: article for purchase, don'cha know?) But my spirits were lifted by the funk music that was being DJed out back on the parking lot and the hundreds that were boogying in the humid summer night.


Bad image from cameraphone, but I couldn't resist!