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The Painting Center presents Symbols, Totems and Ciphers curated by Scot Borofsky. This exhibition features the work of eight artists who were founders of the Street Art movement during the early eighties in New York City. These artists include: Keith Haring, Robin Van Arsdol, Scot Borofsky, Angel Ortiz, Ken Hiratsuka, Richard Hambleton, Kevin Wendall and Bob Dombrowski.

The artists who pioneered Street Art were faced with the task of conceiving of a personal manner to communicate with the general public who would experience their work in passing, in the context of the “street”. This could …