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photos courtesy of Genevieve Dimmitt and Arrested Motion

MOM & POPism at CLIC GALLERY

3 walls from the exhibition are on display at Clic Gallery's Broome and Centre Streets location in NYC until September 27th.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York City (July/Aug 2009): Gawker Artists presents MOM & POPism, an exhibition curated by Billi Kid reinterpreting James and Karla Murray's latest book, Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York, in unique collaboration with many of today's hottest graffiti and street artists.

Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York is a breathtaking visual guide to New York City's cultural heritage, with special emphasis on the historic streets and ethnic shops that have defined its many neighborhoods. Meticulously photographed, its powerful images of time-worn institutions will be printed at close to life-size scale and installed on the Gawker Media roof, becoming canvases on which select graffiti and street artists are invited to leave their indelible marks. The result will be a unique impression of a New York City that seems to be fading with each passing day. Our cultural and economic landscape will be called into question, the role of art, particularly graffiti and street art, will be subject to reinterpretation.

Curated by Gawker Artist Billi Kid, MOM & POPism brings together graffiti and street artists to create new artworks on top of the Murray's photographs. The collaborating graffiti and street artists represent some of the most notable artists in the street art community and the media at large. These include Blanco, Buildmore, Cake, Celso, Cern, Chris (RWK), Crome, Cycle, David Cooper, Destroy & Rebuild, Enamel Kingdom, Goldenstash, Infinity, Kngee, Lady Pink, Matt Siren, Morgan Thomas, Peru Ana Ana Peru, Plasma Slugs, Royce Bannon, Shai R. Dahan, Shiro, The Dude Company, Tikcy, Under Water Pirates, Veng (RWK), Zoltron and Billi Kid.

MOM & POPism closed on August 23rd. However, 3 walls from the exhibition are on display at Clic Gallery's Broome and Centre Streets location in NYC until September 27th.

For more information please contact artists@gawker.com.