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Past Exhibitions: 2005
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture
July 1 - September 24, 2005
Beautiful Losers explores recent multimedia work by a diverse group of U.S.-based artists who participate in or are inspired by aspects of street life
loosely organized around skateboarding, graffiti, punk and
hip-hop subcultures. Though no single characteristic unifies
the practices of these artists, they share a do-it-yourself
attitude, a love of popular culture, a facility with the
visual vocabularies of graphic design and advertising, and
a fresh perspective on urban renewal.
Artists represented
in the exhibition include: Neil Blender, Thomas Campbell,
Henry Chalfant, Larry
Clark, Cynthia Connolly, R. Crumb, Brian Donnelly (KAWS),
Cheryl Dunn, Shepard Fairey, Glen E. Friedman, Phil
Frost, Futura, Mark Gonzales, Keith Haring, Evan Hecox, Wes
Humpston, Jo Jackson, Todd James (REAS), James Jarvis,
Andy Jenkins, Chris Johanson, Spike Jonze, Margaret
Kilgallen,
Harmony Korine, Ari Marcopoulos, Geoff McFetridge,
Barry McGee, Ryan McGinley, Ryan McGinness, Mike Mills, Raymond
Pettibon, Stephen Powers (ESPO), Pushead, Terry Richardson,
Clare E. Rojas, Rostarr, Craig R. Stecyk III, Ed Templeton,
Tobin Yelland and Andy Warhol.
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture
has been organized by the Yerba Buena Center for the
Arts, San Francisco, and the Contemporary Arts Center,
Cincinnati, and guest curated by Aaron Rose and Christian
Strike with Thom Collins, René de Guzman and
Matthew Distel. The presentation of this exhibition in Baltimore has been
made possible by the generous support of Nike and Scion.
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