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Back Talk: A Conversation with Specter
Thursday July 28, 2011 |
 Social scientist and Street Artist Specter uses paintings of people in your community to make the case with wheat-paste and a bit of sarcasm. Repainting sitters from photos shot on the street, Specter heralds and nearly deifies the everyday food delivery guy or homeless neighbor in oversized glory, carefully placing them on an abandoned lot wall or a rusted defunct piece of signage for a closed mattress factory. While the topic of displacement and gentrification is a favorite, he also looks for new ways to flaunt accepted convention like a recent campaign turning commonly accepted graffiti/Street Art “rules” on their head by “sidebusting” other artists work on the street with playful modifications that faithfully mimic the originals’ colors, materials, and philosophy. ~ Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo
You can see Specter’s work in the new group show, “Street Art Saved My Life: 39 New York Stories” Curated by Steven P. Harrington and Jaime Rojo, founders of Brooklyn Street Art In collaboration with ThinkSpace Gallery Opens at C.A.V.E. Gallery, Friday August 12th 6-10pm Runs until September 4th C.A.V.E. Gallery
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