July Book Club
Jul
20

July Book Club

Attention booklovers!

Join ShowUp for our Book Club, a monthly gathering designed to spark insightful conversations and foster community through the power of the written word. Every month we discuss one book over the course of an hour looking at the work intersects and informs the current artwork, allowing for a greater appreciation of both the art and literature.

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February First Friday
Feb
7

February First Friday

Join us for a First Friday event at ShowUp!

Currently on view:
AEROSOL: Boston’s Graffiti DNA, its Origin and Evolution, featuring the work of artists Timmy “Zone” Allen, Thomas “Kwest” Burns, Barrington “Vex” Edwards, Ricardo “Deme5” Gomez, Shea Justice, Chepe “Sane” Leña, Rob Stull and David “DS7” Taylor. Archival photography by John Brewer.

AEROSOL is a collaboration between journalist Jennifer Mancuso and graffiti writer Thomas “Kwest” Burns. Part historical archive, part visual study, AEROSOL follows the path of the kids who held spray cans, rode the elevated Orange Line, “the El,” racked paint, and bombed the city’s abandoned buildings. While billboards equated their artform to vandalism and gang violence, these young men honed their craft and formed a brotherhood of creatives. Fellow artists who came up under the same conditions as Kwest, practiced their skill on a canvas that wasn’t theirs to make a mark on a city that was. “We don’t exist without each other,” says Stull of his fellow exhibitors.

AEROSOL runs from December 6th through February 16th.

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