1. STREET ART
LINN VAN LEEUWEN

2. 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

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

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

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

6. JON BURGERMAN
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Cartoon like
Vibrant colors
Doodles & creatures
Messy
Try not to be inspired by surroundings
Art shows, books, movies, computer
games, etc.

7. Garden of Eden Buschwick , November 2011

8. Car Customization , 18 June 2011

9. I Stare Out
of the Window
1 May – December
2011

10. KEITH HARING
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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.

11. Icons 5, 1990
Paris Mural, 1987

12. JR
• Photography Black and white Portraits
• Illegal
• Combing
art, action, commitment, freedom, identity
and limit
• Bringing art to improbably places
• Different points of view

13. Face2Face, Holy Tryptich, 2006

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

15. CONNECTION
Street Art:
Banksy’s Cans Festival
Pre-Historic Art: Caves
Lascaux, 16,000 years ago

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