STREET ART AT TATE MODERN / NISSAN QASHQAI CHALLENGE

In the first commission to use the building's iconic river façade, and the first major public museum display of street art in London, Tate Modern presented the work of six internationally acclaimed artists whose work is intricately linked to the urban environment: Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gêmeos, both from São Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain.

Various events took place during the exhibition, including an interactive evening with experimental New York artists Graffiti Research Lab, refacing Tate Modern with graffiti light projections, and the finals of the Nissan Qashqai Challenge, an international moutainbike freeriding competition, which sponsored the event and through which I became involved in the project as a consultant in the selection of featured artists.

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Street Art at Tate Modern / Nissan Qashqai Challenge, 2008