Why LA’s graffiti art exhibit ‘Beyond the Streets’ is unlike any other

Roger Gastman got into graffiti when he was in ninth grade, and he’s still into it today.
These days, he’s a graffiti historian, urban anthropologist, author and filmmaker. Gastman was also a co-curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s 2011 exhibit, “Art in the Streets” and co-authored the 2011 book, “The History of American Graffiti,” with Caleb Nelson.
“Everyone kept asking – no matter where I was or who I was with – when