MEMPHIS ART BRIGADE
[ scratches in the sand ]
Monday, May 21, 2012
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
A Statement
MAB represents protest art in many ways, not the least in
its attempts to reclaim and problematize the idea of public space itself, a
space typically not open to the public in many ways. For this reason MAB hits trestles, bridges,
underpasses, and places of blight in an attempt to energize the space anew, not
to beautify. MAB is not vandalism, but
is rather its obverse. MAB protests also
through its content, and is therefore pushing the boundaries of both graffiti
art and street art, foregrounding cultural and socio-political issues in an
attempt to generate critical thought in the community. MAB is not psychological expression, the rage
of the streets, though it likes knowing that it’s out there. MAB is the spirit of anarchy that must be at
the center of any true democracy, the violence that always threatens revolution
and popular dissent as a check on power, tyranny, class oppression. MAB urges, therefore, the transformation of
this violence into artistic critique and expression, and must be understood as
a community voice rather than an individual outcry. MAB urges deliberate art, avoiding the
topicality of much street art. MAB
artists make their art off-site, and join in mass put-ups. MAB is about forcing the gallery system to
open beyond market choices and dilettantism.
Artists do not need galleries to make an art of meaning and show it to
the community. Check us out at
memphisartbrigade.blogspot.com. To join,
all you need to do is put up, sign your work MAB, shoot a photo, send it to memphisartbrigade@gmail.com and we’ll find you (with contact info).
MAB will prove that though Memphis is designated as the
poorest city, we are not poor in imagination and resistance.
Nos vemos,
MAB (Queen Mab)
Monday, September 19, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
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