Follow Your Art Exhibition Comes to a Close at The Collective, Durban.

South Africa Wed 05-10-2011

Follow Your Art Exhibition Comes to a Close at The Collective, Durban.
News Release | The Collective, Durban

"Follow Your Art": Contemporary/street culture is a first of its kind exhibition of art and design at The Collective. It celebrates the production and cultural influence of youth cultures.

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"Follow Your Art" at The Collective, Durban | Image by Gangsofgraffiti

Skateboarding, graffiti, comics and design have not only affected fashion, music, literature, and film, they have influenced a generation of young artists who identify with the lifestyle and counter-culture stance of these creative art forms born from the street.

In addition to including works in all mediums by more than 50 artists, "Follow Your Art" includes music, album covers, skateboards and "zines" that reveal the spirit and vitality of street culture and its ever expanding influence on the youth of tomorrow.

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MarcDinosaur at Follow your Art

The unifying traits of these artists, whose styles still lie outside the world of conventional gallery art, include an interest in pop culture iconography and a nonsensical do-it-yourself attitude.

"Follow Your Art" traces the early influences on this new generation of Artists, Filmmakers, Illustrators, Graffiti writers, Cartoonists and Designers, and explores the broader cultural trends that make their work what it is today.

"Follow Your Art" aims to offer each artist an outlet to express their personal perspectives to enable them to engage in an intercultural dialogue and expose themselves to other sub-cultural diversities within Durban and beyond.

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Drip Tagging Durban-Follow Your Art | Image Image by Gangsofgraffiti

It is hoped that this exhibition will be the first of many, where the best and most inspirational local and international artists can be viewed. Most of all let's have some fun whilst expressing who we are through our respected art forms!

"Follow Your Art" has been running from 5th September 2011 and comes to a close on Saturday, 8th October 2011 at 2 P.M. For more information, you can contact The Collective at info@thecollective-durban.com

Posted By: Allan Kapten

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