Artist David Ruiz, left, and Graffiti art gallery owner David Jones, right, discuss Ruiz’s recent installation on the outside of Graffiti on Friday. Ruiz just completed the project and is planning on installing more at the gallery.
Graffiti art by Seven is on display at Graffiti art gallery on Friday. The work was recently installed, and gallery owner David Jones hopes to add more graffiti works around the building.At the corner of Chambliss Street and Spears Avenue in North Chattanooga sits a little yellow bungalow. Not exactly a spot one might envision for an art gallery.
But David Jones could see it.
In early September, Jones, a former commercial leader for SunTrust bank, converted the structure, which once housed a real estate office, into a small art gallery — Graffiti, a Hill City art joint.
Yes, he was inspired by Spike Lee, who calls all his movies “Spike Lee Joints.”
Friends of Jones’ 25-year-old son thought the word was “dated and goofy,” he said, but he liked it.