Shoefiti Inspires Chicago Artist
A Chicago artists created an exhibit called, “THROWN SHOES: EXTINCTION OF A GHETTO ARTIST” based on shoes hanging from wires:
ENTORNO: GRASS GROWS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE
Stating this, my installation work calls for people to recognize the “foundation” before we will “extinct” it. If we are to go forward in the area of community art practices in Chicago, we must look and invest in those pioneers and those who carry their teachings. Otherwise these practices will be mainstreamed like anything else that communities of color have invented or invested in the United States. Not remembering those who were (and are still) in the beginning and who had invested so time and their money into what they felt was important can be a danger to all in these “old” and “new” fields. Like in mainstream “American” cultures where everyone “invent” their origins as it grows from one “lie” to another. In this piece I used the “shoefiti” idea as a metaphor for a “urban legend” as a way that the “old” field has been overlooked or sometimes forgotten in the “new” field dialogue.
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