Beyond the Streets
Street art gallery in Los Angeles, US
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Beyond the Streets is a graffiti and street art exhibition and gallery created and curated by Roger Gastman.[1][2] The first exhibition was held in 2018 in Los Angeles, USA[3] and has since occurred yearly. In 2022, a permanent gallery and store was opened at the location of the original exhibition in LA.[4]
| Beyond the Streets | |
|---|---|
| |
| Status | active |
| Genre | exhibition |
| Frequency | yearly |
| Country | USA, UK, China |
| Years active | 7 |
| Inaugurated | 6 May 2018 |
| Founder | Roger Gastman |
| Participants | <100 |
| Attendance | 100,000 - 220,000 |
| People | Martha Cooper |
| Sponsors | Adidas Skateboarding, Discover Los Angeles, Modernica, Montana Colors, NPR, and the Steel Partners Foundation |
| Website | beyondthestreets |
Photojournalist Martha Cooper has had her work featured at, and is the official photographer of, the exhibition.[1]
Exhibitions
The concept of Beyond the Streets evolved from Gastman's earlier exhibition Art in the Streets, held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in 2011.[5][6]
Beyond the Streets (2018)
The first Beyond the Streets was in LA from 6 May to 6 July 2018,[7] and featured work by pioneering graffiti writers Cornbread, TAKI 183, and Lady Pink,[7] well-known artist Banksy.[8] Every piece of art on display at the exhibition came directly from the artist, rather than from private collections.[9] Over 60,000 people visited the exhibition.[10]
Beyond The Streets New York (2019)
The second Beyond the Streets was held in New York City, USA.[11] and celebrated "fifty years of graffiti"[12] and had work from over 150 international artists.[13] It ran for three months from 21 June[14] to 29 September after being extended from its original planned end in August.[15]
Virtual Art Fair (2020)
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Beyond the Streets existed as a virtual fair on 5 December[2] with editorial content, drawing sessions with artists, behind-the-scenes museum tours,[16] and an art fair in partnership with NTWRK.[2]
Beyond the Streets on Paper (2021)
The 2021 exhibition was titled Beyond the Streets on Paper and took place in Southampton, NY, USA[17] from 17 July to 28 August.[18] It featured artists including Felipe Pantone, Guerrilla Girls, Kenny Scharf, Mister Cartoon, Pushead, Shantell Martin, and Shepard Fairey.[19]
Beyond the Streets London (2023)
In 2023 the exhibition was in London, UK at the Saatchi Gallery.[20][21] It ran from 17 February to 9 May[22] on the 50th anniversary of hip hop.[23] The exhibition took over the entire 70,000 sqft of the Saatchi Gallery[24] including hallways and staircases.[23] The exhibition made use of traditional galleries with canvases and art in frames, as well as themed rooms such as "Trash Records", a recreated record shop covered in graffiti and posters[1] and a giant lego style alley,[25] and a blacklight neon graffiti room.[22]
The exhibition featured work by over 100 artists including Kenny Scharf, Shepard Fairey, Futura,[26] Lady Pink,[23] Charlie Ahearn, GOLDIE, Guerrilla Girls, Jenny Holzer, Todd James, Paul Insect, Dash Snow,[24] AIKO,[27] Keith Haring, Malcolm McLaren and photography by street art photojournalist Martha Cooper.[1] The UK location meant the exhibition featured artworks by more UK artistis such as Malcolm McLaren and MODE2.[28]
Beyond the Streets Shanghai (2023)
A second exhibition took place in 2023 in Shanghai, China after originally having been delayed due to COVID-19,[29] but opened on 25 July 2023, and is set to end on 7 October.[29] It was created in partnership with the Perrotin Gallery and is the largest graffiti exhibition in China and the largest Beyond the Streets exhibition so far, taking up 100,000 sqft.[30]
Gallery
The Beyond the Streets gallery opened in 2022.[31] Unlike the exhibitions, the gallery contains works on loan from private collectors.[4] It shares a building with Gastman's Control Gallery, a non-street art gallery that contains "artists who we love that don’t come from graffiti and street art who we would love to work with."[4]
Collaborations
Beyond the Streets has collaborated with Adidas Skateboarding to create clothing,[32] LA-based art charity Paak House to run art programs for foster children,[33] and art brand Montana Colors to create custom paint cans.[34] Discover Los Angeles, Modernica, NPR, and the Steel Partners Foundation have sponsored them.[35]