Part One
Histoty of Street Art
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“Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.”
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CHAPTER 1
STREET ART HISTORY Street art is visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the contextof traditional art venues. The term gained popularity during the graffiti art boom of the early 1980s and continues to be applied to subsequent incarnations. Stencil graffiti, wheatpasted poster art or sticker art, and street installation or sculpture are common forms of modern street art. Video projection, yarn bombing and Lock On sculpture became popularized at the turn of the 21st century. The terms “urban art”, “guerrilla art”, “post-graffiti” and “neo-graffiti” are also sometimes used when referring to artwork created in these contexts.Traditional spray-painted graffiti artwork itself is often included in this category, excluding territorial graffiti or pure vandalism.Artists who choose the streets as their gallery are often doing so from a preference to communicate directly with the public at large, free from perceived confines of the formal art
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Part Two
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“developing new way of feeling, viewing, touching wand voice.”
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FROM THE HEART “People already have the feeling and that image condensed this feeling.” Feeling some wall paintings , I can see friendships and Loves full all of the neighborhood. They are beautiful stay on the wall, waiting for someone pass by. Many wall paintings have a emotion on it. That will express the artist’s feeling and what are they want to speak out. Crystal Hermman, 2013 is topest wall painting in San Fancsico. Many people love to take photo with it., and appreciate it. Because the color will give us positive side. It makes people happy and love. We can see that as street art were born out of a feeling of being by society, they will continue to survive as subcultures for however long any one person feels. They said, “ We didin’t contorl media, not newspapers, not television. not radio stations. Murals and sreenprinting were our way of getting out our ideas, visions, and concerns in public spaces at a low cost. So they want to both beatutifying and
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Part Three
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