Ozzie Juarez, whose work is on display at the exhibition, says many of his friends 'have gone to jail because of this sort of stuff' but Beyond the Streets 'gives people hope that we can show in galleries like Saatchi'.
Beyond the Streets, which previously exhibited in Los Angeles in 2018, will this time around feature works by London-based artists such as Malcolm McLaren and MODE2.
When I asked him if it is not a contradiction to have street artists' work in a museum in one of the most well-off neighbourhoods of London, he said: "So many people who started off as graffiti artists have gone on to become incredible artists in the studio; they're making paintings, they're making sculptures.
Images are on display that were taken among the gangs of Los Angeles by Estevan Oriol, the photographer who helped to document the rise of hip-hop."Back in the day, most of the stuff that is here would have been illegal," he tells me.Image caption,Leaving graffiti can still be punished in both the UK and US with fines and even jail time.
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