In yet another example of street art and graffiti’s acceptance and proliferation in fine art institutions across America, the Portsmouth Museum of Art hosts Street a.k.a. Museum, curated by LeBasse Projects’ Beau LeBasse. The exhibition, which opened on May 11 and runs until Sept. 11 features familiar names: Bumblebee, Herakut (fresh off their beautification of Los Angeles), Shark Toof, Alexandros Vasmoulakis, and Andreas von Chrzanowski. The showing is the second part of a two part exhibition, the first of which was in LA featuring the same artists (covered).
Since street art is best seen and experienced outdoors, as part of Street a.k.a. Museum, the artists created murals and pieces in the streets of downtown Portsmouth. The works are part of a walking tour the museum offers to patrons. For those that are violently opposed to such physical activity or can not make the trip to New Hampshire, we have images of the work here, courtesy of Bumblebee. See them after the jump…
