Exhibition - Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection

Name: Exhibition - Above Ground: Art from the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection
Start: 2025-04-01T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-01T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Museum of the City of New York

Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EDT

Museum of the City of New York

1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029

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New York’s age of graffiti began on the city streets in the early 1970s. This new movement, often consciously artistic despite its unsanctioned origins, came of age over the next 20 years. Above Ground centers the many artists who transitioned from illegally writing on subway cars to creating paintings on canvas and exhibiting in galleries and museums. Their works embody an important transitional moment for the movement’s evolution, as it permeated into broader consciousness and significantly influenced global culture.

The exhibition provides a window into a vibrant subculture of young creators and highlights previously unseen treasures from the Museum’s major collection of graffiti-based art. The collection, which was donated by the artist Martin Wong 30 years ago, comprises more than 300 canvases and works on paper. Among the highlights on view in this exhibition are works in aerosol, ink, and other mediums by seminal figures in the street art movement, including Rammellzee, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, and Futura 2000. Together, they capture the passions and ambitions of artists transitioning from the street to the walls of prominent galleries in New York and around the world.

Support for this exhibition is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council.

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