Operation Beneath is a clandestine group that produces paintings in tunnels beneath the town. The group consists of a various solid of characters starting from graffiti artists, painters, writers, explorers, photographers, tattooers, nature fanatics and anthropologists. These operations include a bodily and visible exploration of the world beneath us.
For over seven years Operation Beneath has been exploring and creating these hidden clusters of underground paintings. Every obscure location is recognized by a sequential quantity, totalling over 117 places as of 2024. At every of those numbered areas, there’s a portray marking the quantity, and a wide range of paintings by members of the crew.
A few of these work might final a whole lot of years, current in full darkness, uncovered to utterly no daylight, locked away in concrete tombs. Others could also be misplaced to put on and tear from flowing water or erosion from the washed away particles of Los Angeles because it flows via drainage canals. A lot of the paintings exists in complete secrecy in some shocking places beneath the town; beneath well-known landmarks, authorities buildings, parks, and freeways. The secrecy of those places is key to the ethos of Operation Beneath. Safety from the weather is as vital as safety from vandals, defacers, and different graffiti artists. This tradition of tight-lipped mythology protects these mysterious artworks and their creators.
Los Angeles is the house of Operation Beneath however the group’s attain continues to develop. Missions have been going down overseas and the Operation has linked with like minded teams all over the world.
OPERATION UNDER: LIFE UNDERGROUND @ Superchief Gallery, Los Angeles
Opening Social gathering August third, 2024
7±11PM
Exhibition runs from August third – August twenty fifth
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Particular Occasion on August twenty fourth with Susan Phillips writer of ‘The Metropolis Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti’ amongst different distinguished teachers on the LA River.
