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Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to art of an illicit nature, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, and street installations. Typically, the term Street Art is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art.

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The motivations and objectives that drive street artists are as varied as the artists themselves. There is a strong current of activism and subversion in urban art. Street art can be a powerful platform for reaching the public, and frequent themes include adbusting, subvertising and other culture jamming, the abolishment of private property and reclaiming the streets. Other street artists simply see urban space as an untapped format for personal artwork, while others may appreciate the challenges and risks that are associated with installing illicit artwork in public places. However the universal theme in most, if not all street art, is that adapting visual artwork into a format which utilizes public space, allows artists who may otherwise feel disenfranchised, to reach a much broader audience than traditional artwork and galleries normally allow. Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action or inaction to bring about social or political change. ... For the version control system, see Subversion (software). ... A subvertisement based on the Coca-Cola logo Subvertising refers to the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make a statement. ... Culture jamming is the act of transforming existing mass media to produce commentary about itself, using the original mediums communication method. ... Community owned assets or organisations are those that are owned and controlled through some representative mechanism that allows a community to influence their operation or use and to enjoy the benefits arising. ... Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. ...

1 Techniques
2 Guerrilla art
- 2.1 Guerrilla artists
- 2.2 Artistic Movement
3 Documentation
4 Street Artists
5 Key Locations
6 Gallery
7 References
8 External links
9 See also
10 Further reading

Techniques

Whereas traditional graffiti artists have primarily used free-hand aerosol paints to produce their works, "street art" encompasses many other media and techniques such as wheatpasting, stickers, stencil graffiti, mosaic tiling, video projection and street installations. For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ... Aerosol paint can. ... It has been suggested that Street poster art be merged into this article or section. ... Sticker art in a traffic light in Antwerp, Belgium. ... Stencil graffiti makes use of a paper, cardboard, or other media to create an image or text that is easily reproduceable. ... This article is about a decorative art. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Installation art. ...

For these reasons street art is sometimes considered "post-graffiti" and sometimes even "neo-graffiti".^{[citation needed]} Street art can be found around the world and street artists often travel to other countries foreign to them so they can spread their designs.

Guerrilla art

Guerrilla art is a street art movement that first emerged in the UK, but has since spread across the world and is now established in most countries that already had developed graffiti scenes. It is a street art which embraces a more active, aggressive and usually covert approach to adapting public space. It owes much to the early graffiti movement, in fact so much that in the United States guerrilla art is still commonly referred to as "post-graffiti art". For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ... For the Canadian urban guerrilla group Direct Action, see Squamish Five. ... From The U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - Joint Publication JP1-02 dated 05 January 2007: Covert Operation: An operation that is so planned and executed as to conceal the identity of or permit plausible denial by the sponsor. ...

Guerrilla art differs from other art forms in the fact that it has no external boundary between the image and the environment. While a traditional painting can be moved from one gallery to another without the meaning or the artistic credibility of the piece being affected, street art is environmental, the surface to which it is applied to being as fundamental to the piece's meaning as that which is applied. Without the dynamics of modern life, guerrilla art is reduced to ‘art for arts sake’ and would accordingly be defined by what it is as opposed to what it does.

The production of guerrilla art is focused on cause and effect, not the material piece itself. It aims to produce an effect within the minds of those people that live within the environment being altered. It does not necessarily aim to produce art that is meaningful in itself. Guerilla may refer to Guerrilla warfare. ...

Guerrilla artists

Guerrilla artists increasingly seem to be moving towards a philosophy of painting a continuous work of art, adding to it over time as less developed elements of the piece are erased by graffiti cleaning efforts or in the battle for space. Art on canvas is not guerrilla art. Although many guerrilla artists regularly produce ‘trapped art’, they do not generally consider it to be the same thing. This has manifested itself in a wave of new canvas styles that have a guerrilla art style, but are more comprehensive and finished. Few traditional artists would create artwork intentionally meaning for it to be mass produced with little fidelity and put up with wheat paste. Many guerrilla artists hijack major branding for their own publicity and identity, often at odds with the brand itself. This can be seen with D*Face's hijacking of the Walt Disney signature. Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products on production lines. ... It has been suggested that Street poster art be merged into this article or section. ... Graffiti by D*Face in Barcelona, Spain D*Face is an English multimedia street artist who utilizes spray paint, stickers, posters, and stencils. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ...

Some guerrilla artists are anti-capitalist, some only wear Nike trainers. It’s not a movement that attempts to support or to oppose brand conditioning. It is the general public’s artistic response to it. Nike, Inc. ...

Artistic Movement

Artistic movements are responsive. This movement is a response to the ever increasing power and importance of the brand in everyday life. Developed, inner-city environments are where both branding and guerrilla art flourish. This is not coincidental. This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... Look up movement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Brand (disambiguation). ...

The most important development in the street art movement and the reason for its 'guerrilla' tag is the adoption of guerrilla marketing techniques over traditional artistic methods. The use of guerrilla marketing methods to create ‘artistic publicity’ has seen the evolution away from artists as creative individuals and towards artists as brands. Example of guerrilla marketing in SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil promoting the Hopi Hari amusement park. ...

It is this branding and the profound effect it has upon the minds of the general public that drives the guerrilla art movement.

Documentation

Wooster Collective is the most widely recognized institution documenting street art. PEEL magazine [1], (Issue 1, published December 2003) is the world's first 100% street art magazine featuring an international array of artists in all mediums. In December 2006, the Overspray Magazine [2] staff helped the Wooster Collective organize a three-day exhibit of graffiti and "street art" that was installed inside the building at 11 Spring Street in New York City. Wooster Collective is an street art website that is updated on a regular basis. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Many books have also been published on the subject including "Street logos" by Tristan Manco and "I NY - New York Street Art" by Kelly Burns. 'Beautiful losers' documents many older street artists that have since graduated to the fine art world. 'Next' is a powerful documentary by Pablo Aravena on the international street art culture.

Street Artists

Street artists such as Banksy, SPACE INVADER, Swoon, Twist, Zevs, 108, ORB, Ellis Gallagher, Judith Supine, Neckface, PunkSinatra and Os Gemeos have earned international attention for their work and in turn migrated the showing of their works to the museum or gallery setting as well as the street. It is also not uncommon for street artists to achieve commercial success (Shepard Fairey, Faile, Kaws and Buffmonster) doing graphics for other companies or starting their own merchandising lines. Banksy is a well-known pseudo-anonymous[1] English graffiti artist. ... Look up Swoon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Murals, LACMA parking garage (now torn down) by Barry McGee (Twist). ... Zevs is an anonymous French street artist. ... 108 working in Venezia 108 (b. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Os GÃªmeos in Berlin Os GÃªmeos (Portuguese for The Twins) are graffiti artist twin brothers from SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Faile Bashere is a character in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by Robert Jordan. ...

Key Locations

Melbourne (Australia) is home to some of the world's best street art (see Melbourne street art). There are a number of important sites across the Central Business District (CBD). One of the most colourful being Hosier Lane near Federation Square & Canada Lane in Carlton. Both boosting some of Australia's finest street art. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... Owl on a wall in Melbourne. ...

Gallery

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Shop shutters by London street artist Eine Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 531 pixel Image in higher resolution (1760 Ã— 1168 pixel, file size: 448 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Example of a "Cutout" in the streets of Leipzig by Artist KarlToon Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...		Street Art in Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1476x2001, 6087 KB) Taken in Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia â€” 2005. ...
Mural on the side of The Hole in the Wall, in Austin, Texas, USA. The text on the signs gets changed every so often. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1536 Ã— 2048 pixel, file size: 492 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	James Brown stencil art, Por el Rastro, Madrid. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 Ã— 960 pixel, file size: 183 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	Street art of Serge Gainsbourg in Marseille (France) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Frank Zappa memorial. Vilnius, Lithuania Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Street Art - Melbourne, Fitzroy. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 445 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolution (1544 Ã— 2080 pixel, file size: 498 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Street Art - Melbourne, Fitzroy. ...	Stencil street art in Buenos Aires, Argentina Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Article about street art Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1704 Ã— 2272 pixel, file size: 1. ...	Graffiti in Sevilla, Spain. Neva Micheva, 2004 Image File history File links Graffiti. ...
Street art made by Stockholm based street artist Hop Louie, who has Christer Pettersson as one of his main characters. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...	Richard Pryor Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	street art in Frankfurt Image File history File linksMetadata GrafittiFFM.JPG Description: Grafitti befindet sich aktuell (MÃ¤rz 2005) noch immer unter der BreitenbachbrÃ¼cke (Ostseite) von Frankfurt-Bockenheim nach Frankfurt-Hausen Source: --Peng 6 July 2005 16:15 (UTC) Date: summer 2004 Author: Peng 6 July 2005 16:15 (UTC) Permission: yes File...	A stenciled pair of doves by artist Q Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x633, 493 KB) Summary Doves by graffiti artist Q on wall in Augusta, Georgia. ...
by A1one /Iranian Street Artist / wheatpaste in Tehran / ValiAsr Ave. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Queens, NY Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...	Street art on Brick Lane in London by Committee The Committee (art) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Meterpop installation by Mark Jenkins Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Mark Jenkins is a well-known American artist who creates sculptures and street installations using packing tape. ...
Street art in Santa Barbara by Unknown Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The term Unknown is used in a number of contexts: To indicate the lack of knowledge, such as the list of unsolved problems, unsolved problems in physics or the unknown unknown To refer to anonymity In mathematics, as a noun, the unknowns of an equation are the quantities (or variables...	Street art sticker in Cologne, Germany Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...	Street art sticker in Hamburg, Germany Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 466 Ã— 599 pixelsFull resolutionâ€Ž (622 Ã— 800 pixels, file size: 323 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://german-street-art. ...

References

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External links

Streets Are Saying Things - The Original Online Graffiti Museum
Urbantrash Urbantrash - Italian Portal Graffiti
Ekosystem.org Popular site for European, American and other street art
Streetsy.com A site that documents street art in New York, among other cities
StreetRes.com Information for street artists
Blade Diary, Stencil Blog
Italian Street Art, European biggest no profit organization
SerraGlia, Street message art
Antville Street art images
Street Art Articles Street artist news, reviews images and links
www.german-street-art.com Street art images
www.urbanfeedback.net- exhibition 2008 - urbanart exhibition basel, switzerland
www.streetartmap.org
www.reclaimyourcity.net
TehranWalls
Photo Essay on Street Art
publicgallery.info A public gallery for artists to present their work

Street Art. Paintings & Drawings. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.

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