Miami boasts a lot of street art, particularly in the trendy Wynwood neighborhood. Among the galleries and museum-quality spaces, such as the Margulies Collection at the WAREhouse, there are numerous interesting outdoor murals, particularly at the Wynwood Walls.
Wynwood is also home to the Museum of Graffiti, which will debut an exhibition of art by New York tagging legend CES on April 4. The exhibition, titled The ProCESs and curated by Carlos Mare, will include both the artist’s small-scale marker illustrations and his characteristic large-format spray paint works on canvas. As for true street art, go no further than the Museum’s exterior, where CES painted a mural celebrating the birthplace of graffiti, New York, along the entire length of the front in December.
CES, as Robert Provenzano, was born in 1970 in the Bronx, the hub of the graffiti and breakdancing explosion that shook New York City the next decade. CES began drawing at the age of five and began his profession in the early 1980s when he was thirteen.
Growing up with the first-generation OGs of tagging—Doni, Daze, and Lady Pink—he was influenced by the Wild Style graffiti genre, which they established by painting massive murals that spanned around entire subway trains.
Wild Style, known for its dynamic angular letters and cartoonish, pop-cultural graphics, became associated with the burgeoning hip-hop scene thanks to a film of the same name. CES improved the Wild Style approach, bringing it into the twenty-first century and inspiring other, younger artists in turn.
The CES drawings are guaranteed to be a highlight of the event, thanks to their creative transformations of the CES logo into numerous ordinary objects: a bag of ground beef, a grilled cheese sandwich, a couch, and even the water in a swimming pool. But see for yourself. The exhibit, which is complemented by a series of events, runs until May 4 and costs $16, with children under 13 free.
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