2008 Woodie Awards
Taking Art From The Streets To The Walls
Justin Braun
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: Life & Times
Soul-thumping rhythms of DJ Y-Not poured from the Darden Lounge Tuesday evening. To the dismay of many sorority girls, Beans had not been transformed into club Roxy. In actuality, the walls of the Darden Lounge had been plastered with a unique mashup of hip-hop and graffiti art, articulately dubbed the Graffiti/Rap/Hip-Hop Art Show.
On display were works of urban, abstract, and African themes submitted by students Chelsi Wilkerson and Russell Fritz amongst others. A majority of the pieces being shown were created by a crew of local artisans known as the B Side Artists. These modernday "Picassos" put on about six gallery shows a year as well as perform "live art", which was featured at Tuesday's event. Live art is an artistic composition created by an urban artist in real time in front of an audience to music. Pretty dope eh? Word.
Asaan Brooks (aka Swamburger), the spokesman for B Side Artists and owner of The Culture Mart, was on the scene, keeping things fresh.
Rap/Graffiti art is "becoming a movement," commented Swamburger. "It's not a momentary fad, it's here to stay. Art is the new politics."
Wanna get down to the grooviness of live art? Every Tuesday night at the Social is Phat-n-Jazzy, starting at 10pm and the cover is usually free. It features live artists, music, breakdancers, MC's, rappers, and everything else that the hiphop/graffiti culture is built upon.
On display were works of urban, abstract, and African themes submitted by students Chelsi Wilkerson and Russell Fritz amongst others. A majority of the pieces being shown were created by a crew of local artisans known as the B Side Artists. These modernday "Picassos" put on about six gallery shows a year as well as perform "live art", which was featured at Tuesday's event. Live art is an artistic composition created by an urban artist in real time in front of an audience to music. Pretty dope eh? Word.
Asaan Brooks (aka Swamburger), the spokesman for B Side Artists and owner of The Culture Mart, was on the scene, keeping things fresh.
Rap/Graffiti art is "becoming a movement," commented Swamburger. "It's not a momentary fad, it's here to stay. Art is the new politics."
Wanna get down to the grooviness of live art? Every Tuesday night at the Social is Phat-n-Jazzy, starting at 10pm and the cover is usually free. It features live artists, music, breakdancers, MC's, rappers, and everything else that the hiphop/graffiti culture is built upon.
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