Street Art

By: Pat Riley

What is street art?• “Anything on the

wall that isn’t graffiti”

• Usually has a more thought out artistic process

Street Art vs. Graffiti

• Incorporates environment• Humor and social commentary• May include installations or 3-D

sculpture• Public audience / Private audience• Illegal

• Goes over the environment• Self promotion• Mostly all spray paint on concrete• “Turf Wars” and competing artists• Associated with gangs• Illegal

Examples Of Street Art

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SNYtd0Ayt0

YouTube Links

Signatures

Artist Trademarks

TERMS DEFINITION

Piece (short for master piece) A large and labor-intensive graffiti painting. Pieces often incorporate elaborate effects. More credit is given if placed in a difficult location and well executed it will ear

Slash To put a line through, or tag over, another's graffiti. This is considered a deep insult.

Heaven spots Pieces that are painted in hard-to-reach places such as rooftops and freeway signs, thus making them hard to remove.

Cannon A slang term for spray paint cans.

Bomb To paint many surfaces in an area

Some Important Terms

• Art? • Or Vandalism?• Efforts to preserve• Removal

Public Opinion

Politics

Near Bethlehem – 2005

Famous Street ArtistsBanksy Shepard Fairy

Invader Mr. Brainwash

Commercial Success

I don't agree with the concept of award ceremonies, but I'm prepared to make an exception for the ones I'm nominated for," he said, adding: "The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house, it was me.”

- Banksy

• At London Zoo, an artist climbed into the penguin enclosure and painted "We're bored of fish”

• In May 2005 Banksy's version of a primitive cave painting depicting was hung in gallery 49 of the British Museum, London. Upon discovery, they added it to their permanent collection.

• Banksy replaced up to 500 copies of Paris Hiltons’sdebut CD, Paris, in 48 different UK record stores with his own cover art and remixes by Danger Mouse. Music tracks were given titles such as "Why am I Famous?", "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?

Notable Pieces

Some Common Themes in Street Art• Anti – Establishment• Anti – War• Poverty• Social Inequality• Homosexuality• Human Condition• Anarchism

“I use whatever it takes. Sometimes that just means drawing a moustache on a girl's face on some billboard, sometimes that means sweating for days over an intricate drawing. Efficiency is the key”

- Banksy

Themes & Social Commentary

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZK7D6WqzR0

YouTube Links

Asheville, NC

“Exit Through the gift Shop” – A Banksy film

Streetsy.com

Urbanart.com.uk

Obeygiant.com

Works Cited