Fine-art Friday: SF-based artist, Above, marks the falling of the Berlin Wall.
BRIDGE THE DIVIDE from ABOVE on Vimeo.
Around this time in 1989, we here in the Bay Area were still reeling from all the concrete that fell down as a result of the Loma-Prieta Earthquake. Half a world away, another seismic shift was taking place, as the Gorbachev-sponsored Glasnost eventually reached the city of Berlin. For me, the end of the Cold War was the end of a particular type of fear. For those of us raised on hide-under-your-desk, the-red-button-has-been-pushed, air-raid drills, it will always be a watershed moment laden with a peculiar mixture of irony and hope.
Above is adept at mixing the visual medias of graffiti and video in compelling ways. Here then, is but one stop on his European tour. Given the anniversary that just passed, take a moment and remember the gravity of the moment he is celebrating in paint and film. Better yet, peruse his video gallery and take a few minutes in the name of an artist at work.
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PS. Warriors at Knicks preview: Monta and Nellie apparently got into it during and after practice. I need to think about this a bit, but man. Practice? We’re talking about practice? I’m supposed to be a franchise blogger, and we’re sittin’ here talkin’ ’bout practice?