Not at all! I was very satisfied to see prehistorical walls like in Prehistoric Street Art #1, or a very interesting Street Art on a train in leaving town which also suggests us the traveling to another place? Many artists attacked political topics like in It's written on the wall, War Sucks or The Writing is on the Wall, which appeared to Elisabeth and me as an evidence as many political voices expressed themselves through Street Art. How much diversity would I find within the submissions for “Street Art”? Would there only be “street Art Walls”? I was very intrigued by how the theme of this online exhibition would be interpreted. I am grateful to SAQA and the SAQA Exhibition Committee for their trust. I am aware of the responsibility and approached the judging with an open mind and an open heart. This also impacted the number of pieces that are a part of the final selection.Ĭurating a SAQA global virtual exhibit was a very interesting and pleasant experience. This was disappointing, but as this is an online virtual exhibit the images had to be of high quality. Unfortunately, several pieces submitted had images of such poor quality that it made it impossible for them to be considered. As curators, our goal was to select pieces offering the viewers an immersion into diversity, contemporary textile, mix-media art to build up an actual, ephemeral but contemporary exhibit. Talented artists chose and entered work which they identified as 'Street Art'. The insecurity of the times we are living in with the ups and downs is reflected in this selection.

The interesting part of being a double jury is that you can discuss your selection and find an agreement. We carefully reviewed the images and discussed them whenever needed. Together we were a great team concerned of its responsibility. Such a good surprise to discover all the entries as they offered great variety of artistic expressions from graffiti to tags, from frescos to optical illusion, political and controversial pieces and even some stencil paintings.Īnd it was a real pleasure to study all the entries with Isabelle Wiessler. It can be considered as the actual expression form, as the designs in the caves in Lascaux or the recently discovered paintings in South America were at their time.

The Street Art movement began in the 1970’s and is considered a contemporary artistic movement which today has gained visibility and notoriety.

Graffiti studio surface