Martha Cooper at Subliminal Projects
Posted By Queequeg On January 14, 2009 @ 10:46 am In Art, Community, East Side | Comments Disabled
[1]A Street Shot
New York-based photographer Martha Cooper is probably most famous for picking up on the collision of hip hop and graffiti back before it was fashionable for white dudes to “make a statement” by going around the world to tag up other city’s walls (see Banksy). From this Friday, January 16 to February 13, Echo Park’s Subliminal Projects [2] – home of Shepard Fairey and the insanity that are his “limited edition” Obama posters that cause hipsters and EBayers to line up for hours and hours, Star Wars-Episode IV-on digital projection-on-opening-weekend-style, in the hopes of scoring a $50 print – will house a new Cooper exhibit. Entitled “Street Shots,” Cooper looks inside this graffiti meme to document inner city kids turning trash into toys and exercising a type of creativity that only poverty can engender. For those looking for the intersection of scarcity, children, and ingenuity, this exhibit is a match made in heaven.
Subliminal Projects is located at the base of the hill before you get to Dodger Stadium – i.e., 1331 W Sunset Blvd. There is an opening reception Friday night, from 8pm to 11pm, which I’m hoping will translate into free food and booze.
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[1] Image: http://www.subliminalprojects.com/main/current.php
[2] Subliminal Projects: http://subliminalprojects.com/
[3] WK Interact at Subliminal Projects: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/11/09/wk-interact-at-subliminal-projects/
[4] Look back at the post-future at Subliminal Projects: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/03/17/look-back-at-the-post-future-at-subliminal-projects/
[5] Glen E Friedman at Subliminal Projects this weekend: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/12/12/gef-at-sp/
[6] Cathy schools Martha about Lily – March 11: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/03/10/cathy-schools-martha-about-lily-march-11/
[7] Anderson Cooper 420: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/07/25/anderson-cooper-420/
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