Museum of Graffiti Collector’s Preview

Photography by Martin Medina on November 21st, 2019 in Arts, Culture, Lifestyle

Miami, FL – November 21, 2019 – The Museum of Graffiti, a new contemporary art museum and the first institution of its kind to present the history of the global graffiti art movement, will open its doors to the public on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at its new home in the heart of Miami’s vibrant Wynwood neighborhood located at 299 NW 25th Street . For some it is the largest and most democratic art movement the world has ever seen, fo r others it is unwanted visual pollution. But graffiti and street art now has a permanent claim on the art world: an entire museum dedicated to the genre. The Museum is the brainchild of lead curator Alan Ket , a well – known graffiti artist, art collector, and historian and his business partner, Miami native and prominent attorney, Allison Freidin. Centrally located in the epicenter of color and creativity, amongst the instagrammer’s paradise of Wynwood, the space is covered with vivid murals and destine d to become a major cultural hub.

The museum encompasses a permanent exhibition, two feature exhibition galleries, a rotating site – specific immersive installation and a gift shop all of which will invite collaboration and conversation. Once ephemeral – scrawled on walls and subway trains, only to be dissolved away by the cleaning crews – graffiti has gone mainstream with a vengeance. To fully appreciate the current position of the movement it is essential to know and understand the work of the original graffiti artists , who started tagging in the New York subway s in the early 1970s and early ’80s. The museum’s permanent exhibition will feature paintings, mixed media sculptures, and interactive installations by some of New York City’s earliest graffiti writers including Rammellzee, Riff170 , Phase2 , Tracy168 , Blade , Noc167 , 80’s legends including Sonic , Dondi White , Zephyr , Mare139 , Lady Pink , Doze Green , Delta2 and Miami artists such as Abstrk , Crome , Raven, Verse, Rasterms, Jona Cerwinske. A comprehensive timeline illustrated with artwork, photos, video, and ephemera will provide a historical context for the work.