WIP #3

Most of these are from my recent holiday in London.

Artist Presentation: Mona Hatoum

** In-progress (3:36pm)

Graffiti WIP #2In

In response to the first collective critique, I have decided to retract my previous artist's statement.  The initial statement implied my intent to capture a series of simple urban landscapes, emphasizing human impact on their environment, artificial or organic.  Three of the five images presented examples of vandalism, particularly in the form of graffiti .  However, these images were not simple gang "tags" or insignias; this is where the disparity arises between norm graffiti and "city-art".  

Probably the most infamous form of  vandalism, graffiti has been widely misinterpreted as a negative side-effect of hip-hop and gang cultures.  However, this series, "Graffiti" **, goes beyond a massive cultural stereotype by not only creating a vehicle of connection between the work and the audience but by harking the excellence of such colorful public expressions.  **In-progress...