A rough guide to the graffiti/street art at 5Pointz, curated by Meres One (Jonathan Cohen)

1. DO NOW:
Write a short paragraph:
What should a museum for street art look like?
 Where would it be located? (borough,
neighborhood)
 What kind of space would it be?
(indoor/outdoor) and Why?

2. OG Art Historians!
CHAMPIONS OF EARTH AT 5 POINTZ!
2011!

3. The Institute of Higher Burnin’

4. History of it all

6. “Graffiti Mecca”

7. 5Pointz gallery curator, Meres, plans to convert the five-story, blocklong industrial complex at Jackson Avenue and Davis Street into a
graffiti museum. He is currently seeking a 501(c)3 certification for
5Pointz to confer tax-exempt status and allow tax-deductible
donations.
In addition, he plans to open a school for aspiring aerosol artists,
complete with a formalized curriculum that imparts lessons in
teamwork, art history, and entrepreneurship in addition to technique
AKA
Jonathan Cohen

8. The Towers

9. The Towers
Also…there’s a $400,000,000
Price tag attached to these
two buildings…
David Wolkoff is the owner of the property
And after getting backing by local government,
He axquired a permit to demolish this massive
building to build these towers.

10. The Towers will include…
>>The creation of 1,000 union jobs (200 of them permanent) in
connection with the razing and rebuilding of the 5Pointz site.
>>The increase of "art space" within the buildings from 2,000 to
12,000 square feet.
>>An inclusion of 10,000 square feet of external panels around
the complex that will be devoted to aerosol art. Johnathan Cohen,
the curator and founder of 5Pointz sometimes referred to as Meres
One, has allegedly been invited to both paint and curate the panels.
>>32,000 square feet of public space that will include a park.

11. Gentrification

12. So what is inside this building,
anyway?

13. So what is inside this building, anyway?

14. Bonnie Natko
digital photograph
Sweatshop Workers
5Pointz 2008

15. Does the
struggle of
graffiti artists
to get their
artwork seen
reflect the
struggle of
5Pointz in any
way?

16. Owen
Dippie
(OD)
Notorious BIG
2010

17. Owen Dippie (OD) in 2010

19. Semor, Onur, Wes21, & Kkade
Fressen & Gefressen Werden
aerosol @5pointz
2013

20. Semor, Onur, Wes21, & Kkade
Eat and Be Eaten
aerosol @5pointz
2013

21. Semor, Onur,
Wes21, & Kkade
Posing with Meres (second to left),
5Pointz founder and curator
http://vimeo.com/48067824

22. James Cochran
Pointilism
aerosol on wall
2013

23. James Cochran

24. Esteban
de Valle
Beauty and the
Beast
2012

25. Esteban del Valle

26. Esteban del Valle

27. Esteban del Valle
Del Valle works for a non-profit company called Groundswell, where
he works with teens to make murals around public spaces in New
York City.

28. Esteban del
Valle
I love graffiti and I love
street art. But what I
especially love about
street art is that it
inspires people to take
to the streets to do
more than just their
names.

29. Pipe Dreams
Charmed Disarmed
2013

30. Monsieur Plume

31. Monsieur
Plume

32. 5Pointz gives artists a space to show that graffiti can be more than just this
….
Banksy
I hate this font
stencil on wall in London
2012

33. Bushwick Five Points??
Near the Jefferson
stop on the L Train

34. BRING YER ID NEXT CLASS
(for computer usage)