Hollywood in Cambodia
Posted November 2, 2008 by bec_young in Street Art & Graffiti
The name of this Buenos Aires gallery may be an indication to the sense of humor of the set of street artists which run it. Smart, sarcastic, and with gleeful colors, they've created a barrage of non sequitur images that storm across the rooftop part of the gallery, which is above the Post Bar in the Palermo neighborhood in BsAs. I took the Subte to the gallery one beautiful spring Sunday in September for their "Great Sales Event," which was an art show in a few rooms next to the roof with stencils and paintings, prices scribbled on the wall under them. There were also tshirts, books and posters for sale in another room. I was surprised to see the work of Nate Williams, a U.S. artist who lives in BsAs, included in the show. The gallery is organized by the street art collectives Run Don't Walk and BsAs Stencil, and is part of a continued experiment in bringing indoors the style that began in the street. Check out Erick Lyle's excellent article about the stencil scene in Realizing the Impossible for some background. Here's some photos I shot while I was there, including this one of a young porteño, who posed for me! 
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