Christian Utz is co-founder of 52Masterworks, a crowd investment art collection platform that serves art collectors and investors.
In 2016, Mr. Utz opened the Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA) In Munich.
Speaking with Larry’s List, Christian Utz describes urban and street art, their challenge to paradigms of high and low art, the limited access to (supply of) this form of art, and how urban and street art are largely neglected by current art discourse.
Urban Art reaches beyond any niches. Urban artists often use harsh imagery associated with neglected topics. But, whilst the message is provoking, it is equally approachable and sometimes even compassionate. In the world of urban art, everyone is welcomed to join the artistic conversation – that makes this art form so special.
Street Art challenges the paradigms between high and low art. The consequences of the institutionalization of this art form are the limitation of access to artworks, and especially, the volatility of market prices. I guess it has become much harder for new starters to collect than ten years ago.
Street art as an art form of the 21st century is rightly considered as a globally celebrated phenomenon. Nevertheless, street and urban art is barely part of the present art discourse.
See:
The Collector Who Founded Germany’s First Urban Art Museum | Larry’s List, 22 March 2017
Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art (MUCA)
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