Yard Dogs

Start: Aug. 19, 2011, 2 a.m.

End: Aug. 19, 2011, 6 a.m.

Yard Dogs
Wooster Street Social Club
43 Wooster Street
New York, NY
Opening reception: Thursday, August 18th, 2011
7-11PM
Exhibition on view August 18th – September 10th, 2011

Graffiti today is such an accepted part of urban culture that at times we forget the pioneers who risked life, limb, and arrest to make it a widely appreciated art form.

Yard Dogs will showcase 15 veterans of a New York City art movement that actually moved. KR, BIO, T-Kid 170, Keo, NICER, James Top, PNUT2, Rebel, CES, SHARP, Fritos, NIC 707, CEY, REVOLT, and Tracy 168 are among the artists that will show us why popular culture, entertainment media, museums, galleries, and curators have been inspired by what is largely thought of as a heroic art form firmly rooted in a salt of the earth philosophy.

New York City is a place where people race to work, to school, to play, to the bank, and to the market, all the while walking briskly, head down, eyes forward. The only time you got to see graffiti was while waiting on a subway platform as the train rolled in and came screeching to a halt. Graffiti in New York was conceived as “art in motion” and fit perfectly into the rush hour mentality, but the significance of these urban hieroglyphics was often lost on the average subway rider.

Today the history of Graffiti can be read and the evolution of style appreciated in an alternative environment. Yard Dogs will demonstrate that, although graffiti has evolved, in its own words, it speaks for itself.

In addition to original works by New York City’s great graffiti masters, the exhibition will also present a digital media presentation of a selection of artist portraits by photographer Joe Russo.

Many of the participating artists will be in attendance for the opening event.

Beer for this event has been lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery.

For sales inquiries and other questions please contact caroline@woostersocial.com