Adrian Jumping off the Ramp, North 11th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Artist
Vincent Cianni
(American, born 1952)
Date1997
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 47 x 31.9 cm (18 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
sheet: 50.8 x 40.5 cm (20 x 15 15/16 in.)
sheet: 50.8 x 40.5 cm (20 x 15 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LinePurchased with funds given by Edward Osowski
Object number2001.177
Label TextOn a New York street, a graffiti-riddled wall acts as a backdrop that threatens to engulf the skater whose world is defined by its scrawls. Using graffiti as a form of communication, artists express anger and frustration at individual, social, or political slights, finding safety in anonymity. Placed squarely in the public domain, often in poor neighborhoods, graffiti also provides a way for individuals or groups to relay turf boundaries. It thus reinforces the importance of claimed space. Elusive spaces award higher status to the artists, so relatively easy to reach spaces like these tunnel walls do not provide as much acclaim.ProvenancePurchased from the artistOn View
Not on view
