STREET ART
Street art is a unique form of modern artistic expression. It has become a part of the urban environment, growing and changing with the city and the people that live there. Street art can comment on a social issue, poke fun at some aspect of society, or simply beautify a run-down area of the city. Even though the modern style of street art and graffiti was developed and perfected in the 1970s, elements of graffiti can be traced all the way back to the early 19th century. Today, street art has developed into a global movement, earning its recognition as a legitimate and unique artistic style in the traditional fine art world.
WHAT IS STREET ART?
By definition, street art is graffiti. Nonetheless, there are some large differences …show more content…
It rejects established standards, encourages experimentation, and draws inspiration from popular culture (DeNotto 208). By the 1990s, street art had spread and grown immensely, as some art-school educated artists began experimenting with street art, drawing from hip-hop and punk attitudes and mixing with recent art movements. According to Martin Irvine from Georgetown University, during this time “street art was the ghost in the urban machine becoming self-aware and projecting its repressed dreams and fantasies onto walls” (2). However, some basic elements of graffiti have existed for a long time before it began to gain in popularity as street art and can be traced back almost a hundred …show more content…
European revolutionary politics often used stencils to communicate their propaganda. These stencils were created to speak to the masses, and were generally very simple in their design. They were employed most effectively by Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Images of his face were created into stencils and painted on walls all across Italy. This idea of some image or icon being repeated over and over again has become a staple characteristic of street art (“Martin, Thinking About the Origins of Street Art, Part 1”). In response to this political propaganda, street art also provided an opportunity for the public to expose the truth, or present and alternative viewpoint to what is considered normal or what should be accepted in society. It became a way for citizens to fight back these regimes they were unhappy with. Subsequently, street art today engages in a direct dialogue with the city itself, commenting on the other visual information within the city. Furthermore, many street artists today create their work with a political or social message, challenging viewers to examine some important issue in society (Irvine
Street art is a unique form of modern artistic expression. It has become a part of the urban environment, growing and changing with the city and the people that live there. Street art can comment on a social issue, poke fun at some aspect of society, or simply beautify a run-down area of the city. Even though the modern style of street art and graffiti was developed and perfected in the 1970s, elements of graffiti can be traced all the way back to the early 19th century. Today, street art has developed into a global movement, earning its recognition as a legitimate and unique artistic style in the traditional fine art world.
WHAT IS STREET ART?
By definition, street art is graffiti. Nonetheless, there are some large differences …show more content…
It rejects established standards, encourages experimentation, and draws inspiration from popular culture (DeNotto 208). By the 1990s, street art had spread and grown immensely, as some art-school educated artists began experimenting with street art, drawing from hip-hop and punk attitudes and mixing with recent art movements. According to Martin Irvine from Georgetown University, during this time “street art was the ghost in the urban machine becoming self-aware and projecting its repressed dreams and fantasies onto walls” (2). However, some basic elements of graffiti have existed for a long time before it began to gain in popularity as street art and can be traced back almost a hundred …show more content…
European revolutionary politics often used stencils to communicate their propaganda. These stencils were created to speak to the masses, and were generally very simple in their design. They were employed most effectively by Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Images of his face were created into stencils and painted on walls all across Italy. This idea of some image or icon being repeated over and over again has become a staple characteristic of street art (“Martin, Thinking About the Origins of Street Art, Part 1”). In response to this political propaganda, street art also provided an opportunity for the public to expose the truth, or present and alternative viewpoint to what is considered normal or what should be accepted in society. It became a way for citizens to fight back these regimes they were unhappy with. Subsequently, street art today engages in a direct dialogue with the city itself, commenting on the other visual information within the city. Furthermore, many street artists today create their work with a political or social message, challenging viewers to examine some important issue in society (Irvine