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

Street Art Books

Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents

Graffiti Women: Street Art from Five Continents

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)

Street World: Urban Culture and Art from Five Continents

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Quotes Tagged “Street Art”

“ Copyright is for losers. ”
― Banksy, Wall and Piece

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“ Art is an evolutionary act. The shape of art and its role in society is constantly changing. At no point is art static. There are no rules. ”
― Raymond Salvatore Harmon, BOMB: A Manifesto of Art Terrorism

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