Yo, Dawg!

   This is like a DOPE! Gallery.

As you can see our gallery's name is like Urban Empire.

    It's located on the streets and like right in your backyard. On your grandmas mailbox

the stop sign at the corner and on porta-potties. It's like all over the Inland Empire. But mostly in San Bernadino

   Urban Empire is run by me, J-Bob, and my five homies.

Travis Buenting

Cory Deblasio

JenK

Tiffanie Otero

and Thomas Stuart

The kind of art we show is like really contemporary and local. We show stuff that's cool. Like things pertaining to the environment created by urban sprawl. It's just like stuff anyone can relate with... and Awsomeness.

Intro and Stuff

The title of this particular exhib is It's Just Graffiti!!!

(It's like a sarcastic title on what people think about like street art and stuff).

We have a cool line-up of artists for you.

Joshua Allen Harris
Banksy
Julian Beaver
Thierry Guetta
Peter Gibson
Bilinskii
Slinkachu
Alexandre Farto aka Vhils
Dan Bergeron AKA Fauxreel
JR
Our goal with this show is to present the too often ignored street artist. They are presented with an artistic point of veiw. Though they may be created illegaly or in a non-typical manner they can still be considered art. We looked for street artists that created art and didn't just tag to get their name out.. There had to be purpose to the work. Something had to be expressed. These works are created outside, available for the public to see. Open to all people. The art nerd and the street urchin alike. They may not last forever, they may last longer than we think, but they stand as markers of our culture at this present time. These works represent us, people.

Attack Bear

Artist: Joshua Allen Harris

Tittle: "Air bear"

Media: trash bags

Date: 2008

An elephant?

Artist: Banksy

Tittle: "This looks a bit like an elephant"

Media: spray paint

Date: 2011

3D street art

Julian Beaver
“MAKE POVERTY HISTORY”
 July 2005 Edinburgh, Scotland
40 feet long


Art for the people.
‘My art is for anybody, it’s for people who wouldn’t go into an art gallery.
It’s art for the people.’
‘Art shouldn’t be locked away in galleries and libraries and books. Art should be for everybody and not just art buffs, historians and so-called experts.’

Under Construction

Artist: Thierry Guetta
Title: Under Construction
Media: mixed
Dimension: 25000 square feet
date:2011

Zipper

Artist: Peter Gibson
Title: Zipper
Media: Spray paint
dimensions: 7ft 3inch long and 4 ft 6 inch wide
Date: December 08, 2009

Graffiti street art

Artist: Bilinskii
Title: Street Graffiti Art
Media: spray paint, primer, oil based paint.
Dimensions: 13ft long 10 ft high
date: may of 2010

Street Art Goes Small

Slinkachu
Fantastic Voyage
2011

Continuous tone Lambda C-type print on Fuji Crystal Archive matte paper

"I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings."
80 x 120 cm (31 1/2 x 47 in)   

Stavanger

Artist: Alexandre Farto aka Vhils
Title: Stavanger
Media: Chisel on wall
Dimensions:42" X 30"
Date: 2010
Statement: “In this act of excavating, it’s the process itself which is expressive, more than the final result. It’s a process of trying to reflect upon our own layers.” (Vhils)

Tara

Artist: Dan Bergeron AKA Fauxreel
Title: Tara
Media: Chromogenic Print
Dimensions: 48" X 32"
Statement: "to document people that are rarely focused on in mass media".

Women Are Heroes in Kibera Slum

JR

28 Millimetres : Women Are Heroes in Kibera Slum

Mutiple Photographic Prints, Wheat paste

A village

January 2009

JR shows the beauty of humanity by taking awkward yet stunning photos of every-day people and then pasting huge verisons of them all over town. In doing so he is removing the walls that seperate people and replacing them with images of the very people that hide behind them. He is reminding people that what trully makes a city has nothing to do with buildings, but has to do with the people who live within them.

conclusion

      What we learned as a group when organizing an exhibition of works from various artists was how hard it was to find information on particular artist. When researching the main “street artists” we found it difficult to find information as well as getting these amazing pieces of art into our exhibition since this type of art work is done on sidewalks, sides of building, asphalt streets or pretty much any urban setting. When doing this blog about “street art”, what we found to be the most challenging was finding information on the different artists since much of this type of art is underground and illegal. What came the most naturally to us was how easy it was to personally relate to these pieces of work. We all agreed that this was because this type of art is done on the street, where it easily available to the public to view and had a style that is unique. When planning, getting this exhibition together, and playing the role of curator we enjoyed having to find the art work to put on display at our exhibition. We also enjoyed learning more about the artist that partake in this relatively new type of art work.