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NY artist brings graffiti show to capital

 

A visitor to Chang Art Gallery snaps some shots of the colorful graffiti art.  (Source: China Daily/Zou Hong)

BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhuanet) — A very colorful slice of the Big Apple is in Beijing until the end of the year at Chang Art Gallery. 

New York, known as the city that never sleeps, certainly has its eyes open to urban artistic styles – a major player of which is graffiti art.

This authentic Bronx flavor – on subways and alley walls for over 30 years – has arrived in Beijing, as part of an ongoing exhibition at 798′s Chang Art Gallery.

Around 20 large graffiti paintings are hanging on the gallery walls, produced by New York-based artist Chris Ellis, better known by his nickname “Daze”.

Also available for public consumption is a short video that shows how graffiti artists work their magic on their home turf.

The exhibition offers a chance for art lovers to explore not only what the art genre contains, but also to observe how it has come about – moving off the street and into private collections and galleries.

To illustrate the creative process of graffiti art, Daze, who said this is his first trip to Beijing, created a piece as part of the opening ceremony of the exhibition. This work of art is on the exterior wall of the gallery’s second floor.

Graffiti might have exploded over the last three decades but related forms can be traced back to ancient Roman times and also on Mayan architectures.

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