Inside Job: Street Art in Tel Aviv at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel highlights the city’s street art scene while also pushing the boundaries of official and unofficial spaces for art.
In recent years various forms of visual art has been making its way onto exterior surfaces in Tel Aviv. From simple slogans to more complex inscriptions and drawings, these street art works are all bold and innovative in the way that they blend into the urban environment.
By taking this street art indoor, curator Tal Lanir wanted to underscore the legitimacy of this unique art form, showing that it has its own language and can be integrated with artistic discourse.
Inside Job showcases work by different artists with varying stylistic approaches and techniques. Some of the works are in colour while others are done in black and white.
Lanir further explains: “Some of these works are painted in color, while others are black-and-white. They are all characterised by a clandestine and illegal production process, which usually takes place in areas that are not closely surveyed by the police and by city authorities. It is precisely in such areas that passersby may suddenly discover a new world – one where gray walls glow with colorful, creatively designed images, whose language quickly becomes familiar to those in the know. “
The work of Tel Aviv’s foremost street artists can be seen in Inside Job, including Know Hope, Klone and Adi Sened
