Street Art and Homelessness
Street Art is created by people who are marginalised by issues like homelessness, disability and mental health conditions.
A graffiti that asks him to save him, on a wall of a place where a homeless could sleep
How sad is it that street art is used to draw attention to homelessness? Think about it: people are more likely to notice a drawing of a homeless person, than a real homeless person. We choose to walk by, pretending not to see them. Just another day in paradise for us, while we walk along, telling ourselves “she’s probably a junkie“ to rationalize our apathy. Hidden below piles of excuses, we know the person could be someone who just lost their job, couldn’t pay big medical bills or was struck by some other misfortune and lost their home.
Followed by people sleeping on the floor, symbolizing the homeless and how people walk by the edge and not swum.
L.A. Graffiti Artist “Skidrobot” Humanizes Homeless People By Painting Their Dreams.
Homeless sleeping with his dog surrounded by rats.
Graffiti of all the material that the homeless carry on or with carts of the purchase.
Plastered the furniture of a regular floor, which homeless do not have.
Sculpture that wants to consensus the population that people sleeping in the street can end up in a bag.
Bronze sculpture that immortalizes the life of a homeless.
Shop until you drop! Literally. A comment on our way of life... Image created by Banksy. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
‘Homeless Jesus’ by artist Tim Schmalz G Street NW Washington DC. So that we won’t forget. Image retrieved from Flickr