Street Art

Street art is art, specifically visual art, developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, sculpture, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, and street installations. Typically, the term street art or the more specific post-graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art. ...more

Wall and Piece
Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents
Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents
Subway Art
Obey: Supply and Demand
Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution
Graffiti and Street Art (World of Art)
Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall
Existencilism
Banksy: You Are an Acceptable Level of Threat and if You Were Not You Would Know About It
Stencil Graffiti (Street Graphics / Street Art)
Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture
Street Art in the Counter Culture (Untitled)
Rackgaki: Japanese Graffiti (with DVD)
Street World: Urban Culture and Art from Five Continents

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