“Art on Wheels” captures urban graffiti in its environment, showing the beauty and color that artists have contributed to their surroundings.
Who owns the public space? Who decides what is graffiti and what is legitimate art? Can an art form as ephemeral as street art be legislated? Or is street art inherently a rebellion against corporate design and society’s rules?
What would you paint on the side of a truck if you had the chance?
This work imagines female artist and innovator Frida Kahlo as street art in an industrial landscape.
By portraying a female artist on the side of semi in a blue collar neighborhood, it associates her body of artwork with legitimate working class labour. Frida's art and life personified the struggle for self determination in women's lives, and imagining her face on the side of a semi truck pays tribute to the contributions she made to the world at large.
