Saturday, March 10, 2012

Art in the Streets, West Hollywood Library Murals

Kenny Scharf's explosion of color, faces and figures.

Shepard Fairey's stenciled piece 121 feet wide and 56 feet tall.
The visceral art movement known as "street art", born on the fringes of contemporary art society, is now clearly in the cultural spotlight.  In an innovative collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and Cadillac, an extension of the museums wildly popular exhibit resulted in the installation of three murals by renowned artists, Rena, Kenny Scharf and Shepard Fairey on the exterior walls of the new West Hollywood Library.