MOCA Art in Streets and ART on the Streets in Little Tokyo, LA

On April 23, 2011 I went to go see the exhibition at MOCA: Art in the Streets in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. I was really excited to see the exhibition. It had been getting a lot of press from The New York Times and the Huffington Post. It seemed it brewed up the age old controversy and debate of folks perceptions on what is ART and what is not ART!
The coolest thing was Little Tokyo was a mad house of people. The Sushi houses and stores were filled to the brim with folks either waiting to see the exhibition or who had just finished. Studies have shown that at art events individual people spend around $27 each. And who said Arts bring nothing to our economy? I think that was the Republicans. 
The exhibition was provocative. At times it seemed like you were in a fun house or in a quirky museum in the outskirts of America. Some of the work was refined and some of it was really violent. Overall it is was a successful show. It was packed to the brim with a very diverse group of people, from all walks of life, who were really enthralled with the ART! 
Here are some images from inside the walls of the museum and outside on the streets!

MOCA Art in Streets and ART on the Streets in Little Tokyo, LA, a set on Flickr.