Magic City is a place and a non-place. It is not the physical city of brick and mortar but rather the urban space of internalized meanings. It is the city as subject and canvas, neither theme park nor stage set, but an exhibition showcasing more than 40 of the most original and celebrated artists working on and in the city today.
This is a celebration of the universal character of cities as well as a love letter to their infinite diversity. Cities have been designed to facilitate work, but artists have transformed them into playgrounds for the imagination and ideas. This is the invitation called outside our window by friends and strangers with restless spirits: come out and play.
Magic City: The Art in the Streets features the work of: AIKO|Aka-y&Olabo|AKRylonumérik|AndersGjennestad|An dyK|Asbestos|Banksy|Benuz Ben Heine | Biancoshock | Blek le Rat | Bond TruLuv | Bordalo II | Brad Downey | Christy Rupp Dan Witz | Daze | Ericailcane | Ernest Zacharevic | Faith XLVII & Imraan Christian | FINO’91 Ganzeer | Gregor Wosik | Henry Chalfant | HERAKUT | Huge | Icy & Sot | INSA | Isaac Cordal JaimeRojo|JensBesser|JordanSeiler|JuandresVera|LeonKeer|Th eLondonPolice|Loomit MadC | Mark Bode | Martha Cooper | Motomichi Nakamura | Niels Shoe Meulman | OAKOAK OLEK | Odeith | Ori Carino & Benjamin Armas | Qi Xinghua | Replete | Ron English | Skewville ROA | Shepard Fairey | Slinkachu | SpY | Tristan Eaton | Truly | WENU | WON ABC | Yok & Sheryo
Carlo McCormick is a curator and critic based in New York City. He is Senior Editor of Paper magazine and has been writing about art for 35 years, authoring over a hundred books and curating award-winning exhibitions in numerous museums. McCormick has long been an outspoken advocate for graffiti and Street Art in both the art world and popular culture and his extensive writings on the subject include the books
Trespass (2010),
Art in the Streets (2011), and
City as Canvas (2013).
