A Street Shot

New York-based photographer Martha Cooper is probably most famous for picking up on the collision of hip hop and graffiti back before it was fashionable for white dudes to “make a statement” by going around the world to tag up other city’s walls (see Banksy).   From this Friday, January 16 to February 13, Echo Park’s Subliminal Projects – home of Shepard Fairey and the insanity that are his “limited edition” Obama posters that cause hipsters and EBayers to line up for hours and hours, Star Wars-Episode IV-on digital projection-on-opening-weekend-style, in the hopes of scoring a $50 print – will house a new Cooper exhibit.  Entitled “Street Shots,” Cooper looks inside this graffiti meme to document inner city kids turning trash into toys and exercising a type of creativity that only poverty can engender.   For those looking for the intersection of scarcity, children, and ingenuity, this exhibit is a match made in heaven.

Subliminal Projects is located at the base of the hill before you get to Dodger Stadium – i.e., 1331 W Sunset Blvd.  There is an opening reception Friday night, from 8pm to 11pm, which I’m hoping will translate into free food and booze.

Related posts:

1. Glen E Friedman at Subliminal Projects this weekend
2. Los Angeles welcomes Sterling Cooper!
3. Dave Cooper – opening tonight at Billy Shire
4. From abLA :: Jay Ryan @ Foundation Projects
5. From abLA :: Foundation Projects :: Jay Ryan exhibition and book signing