BSA continues to bring artists to the street wall, to the gallery, and to the museum whenever we can. The video here today captures one of the recent opportunities we had to help bring together Brooklyn Museum goers with one of Brooklyn’s hometown graffiti & street artists Don Rimx.
Just for one night in the grand ballroom of the museum, Rimx invited anyone with a marker to help fill in the color on his new kneeling figure on the temporary wall. Comprised of a complex series of trussing, supports, and various architectural abutments Rimx explained that the materials depicted represented both those he has seen in Brooklyn and Puerto Rico, places close to his heart and personal history.
(Check out the new video by Alex Seel at the end of these photos.)
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
We helped with the markers, initially to color in some of the paper mural ourselves, then to hand them out to guests of all sorts – moms, dads, grandparents, teens, students, graff writers, professionals, workers, – basically everyone who makes up the community here, even New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito and the Brooklyn Museum’s Managing Curator of Exhibitions, Sharon Matt Atkins.
It was excellent to see people accessing their inner artist and participating in the interactive piece while just behind it hung more classical examples of oil paintings and before us were couples taking live salsa lessons across the ballrooms’ glass and marble floor (it was Latino Heritage and Culture night after all). We always say that Street Art is just one part of a conversation on the street. Seeing our neighbors taking an active role in creating art with one of New York’s talented street artists is just a confirmation that the creative spirit is alive and well to anyone who wants to access it.
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
Don Rimx. Still from the video. (Video © Alex Seel)
Don Rimx at The Brooklyn Museum. Video by Alex Seel
We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Brooklyn Museum, Alex Seel and of course to Don Rimx.
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