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S T R E E T A R T

LINN VAN LEEUWEN

W H AT I S S T R E E T A R T?

• Art developed in public spaces, “In the streets”• Echoing cave paintings, tags, slogans, political

campaigning• Became big in New York Spread throughout

America• A way of self expression• Promoting, signatures, humor, and attitude• Still evolving art form

H I S T O R Y

• Joseph Kyselak (Vienna 1799-1831)• Arthur Malcom Stace (Sydney 1885-1967) • 1890’s, boxcar

I N F L U E N C E S & R E A C T I O N S

• Derived from European revolutionary politics• Communicating propaganda• Punk culture• Anonymous people • Posters and public murals• Critics of vandalism/illegal, not art• Biggest revolution

Congresso de Artistas Chicanos en Aztlan, “We Art Not A Minority” 91978), a mural at the Estrada Courts Housing Project, East Los Angeles

J O N B U R G E R M A N

• Cartoon like• Vibrant colors• Doodles & creatures• Messy• Try not to be inspired by surroundings• Art shows, books, movies, computer games,

etc.

Garden of Eden Buschwick , November 2011

Car Customization , 18 June 2011

I Stare Out of the Window

1 May – December 2011

K E I T H H A R I N G

• Use of lines• Based on history of contemporary art• “Outsider” perspective• Belonging to a community• Completed within a contained space and time• Inspired by Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky,

William Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Robert Henri’s manifesto The Art Spirit.

Icons 5, 1990 Paris Mural, 1987

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• Photography Black and white Portraits• Illegal• Combing art, action, commitment, freedom,

identity and limit• Bringing art to improbably places• Different points of view

Face2Face, Holy Tryptich, 2006

The Wrinkles of the City, Shanghai, Jiang Qizeng, 2010

C O N N E C T I O N

Street Art: Banksy’s Cans Festival Pre-Historic Art: Caves Lascaux,

16,000 years ago

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