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"Quanum Spectrum" group show Sept. 2010
MCLA 51, North Adams Massachusetts
"Sometimes breaking the rules turns out to be the best way to learn. With graffiti artists, that often comes in the form of breaking the law.
Artist John Breiner has curated a show for MCLA Gallery 51 at 51 Main St. that examines how young artists move past youthful indiscretions and retain that energy for gallery work.
The show “Quantum Spectrum” opens on Thursday, Sept. 30, with a reception at 6 p.m.
Even though Breiner has gathered a cast of street artists who spent much of their early years in the world of graffiti, his interest isn’t in what was, but rather, what happened after that. Breiner is fascinated by the transition and how each artist has dealt with it on his or her own creative terms.
“This show tries to find out if there is something that these artists are doing that motivated them as much as graffiti did as teenagers,” Breiner said during an interview this week. “We all grew up with similar backgrounds, and the motivation when I was young to paint outside, to paint in public, was to wake up the next day and have a photo of what you did the night before. Unfortunately, when you get into the real world and make a living, you have to go easy on the stuff that will get you in trouble.”
Breiner’s one promise to himself was not to create a graffiti show within the gallery. He just doesn’t think that works and believes that, within in a gallery setting, what has grown out of those early creative years and become part of mature art-making is far more interesting.
“I was definitely out running around at 3 o’clock in the morning, seeing some unique things. It makes me who I am and therefore makes the art what it is,” he said. “It’s the same for a lot of these artists, and I feel like there is an edge to them and that their work is worth being shown. I know them personally, so I know the different types of things people are doing, and I want the show to be that instead of the obvious, what everyone would expect to see.”
Interview by John Seven Full interview
"Neon Maniacs" Andreis Costa
HellBent window installation
The Kroger by Coby Kennedy
works by Rich Browd
Works by MR.Kiji
John Breiner
Works By J.Elias
Works by Rich McIsaac
Works By Dizmology ( Miguel Ovalle)
Works by ONE 9
Dizmology gallery shot
Hellbent from outside
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"Quanum Spectrum" group show Sept. 2010
MCLA 51, North Adams Massachusetts"Sometimes breaking the rules turns out to be the best way to learn. With graffiti artists, that often comes in the form of breaking the law.
Artist John Breiner has curated a show for MCLA Gallery 51 at 51 Main St. that examines how young artists move past youthful indiscretions and retain that energy for gallery work.
The show “Quantum Spectrum” opens on Thursday, Sept. 30, with a reception at 6 p.m.
Even though Breiner has gathered a cast of street artists who spent much of their early years in the world of graffiti, his interest isn’t in what was, but rather, what happened after that. Breiner is fascinated by the transition and how each artist has dealt with it on his or her own creative terms.
“This show tries to find out if there is something that these artists are doing that motivated them as much as graffiti did as teenagers,” Breiner said during an interview this week. “We all grew up with similar backgrounds, and the motivation when I was young to paint outside, to paint in public, was to wake up the next day and have a photo of what you did the night before. Unfortunately, when you get into the real world and make a living, you have to go easy on the stuff that will get you in trouble.”
Breiner’s one promise to himself was not to create a graffiti show within the gallery. He just doesn’t think that works and believes that, within in a gallery setting, what has grown out of those early creative years and become part of mature art-making is far more interesting.
“I was definitely out running around at 3 o’clock in the morning, seeing some unique things. It makes me who I am and therefore makes the art what it is,” he said. “It’s the same for a lot of these artists, and I feel like there is an edge to them and that their work is worth being shown. I know them personally, so I know the different types of things people are doing, and I want the show to be that instead of the obvious, what everyone would expect to see.”
Interview by John Seven Full interview
"Neon Maniacs" Andreis Costa
HellBent window installation
The Kroger by Coby Kennedy
works by Rich Browd
Works by MR.Kiji
John Breiner
Works By J.Elias
Works by Rich McIsaac
Works By Dizmology ( Miguel Ovalle)
Works by ONE 9
Dizmology gallery shot
Hellbent from outside
