Born in the Streets, Graffiti

The Foundation Cartier presents the exhibition 'Born in the Streets, Graffiti' which accentuates the emergence of the
artistic movement born in the streets of New York during the 1970s. Paris, France. 9/10/2009.

The exhibition occupies the entire gallery space, as well as the building's facade, the garden and even the toilets. We can see the development of the graffiti movement, that was born in the streets of New York in the early 70's.
The exhibition traces the origins of the graffiti while offering a panorama of the diversity of contemporary writing.

The Fondation Cartier's building is a big wall where the tags and graffitis living together with pictures and objects used to write. That kind of involvement is a great decision to break the barrier between the institutional and street world.

The walls of the underground hall reproduce original works that were created on the New Yorkers trains . We also find collectibles works by artists like Keith Haring and Futura 2000 and photographies of Martha Cooper, Henry Chalfant or Jon Naar. The projection of historic videos help us to travel back in time, from the hand of its protagonists. The exhibition is complemented by numerous works that cover the exterior of the building and garden. But most impressive is the brilliant idea to allow the implementation of tags in the toilet area and access corridor.