Street art

Despite the somewhat cold weather, downtown Marietta radiated a vibrant atmosphere on April 22 for the inaugural Brick Street Arts Bash. In coordination with Marshall Kimball and the Marietta College Music Department, along with the Leader in Residence program through the McDonough Center, the People’s Bank Theater contributed tremendously to the success of the festival; predominantly in terms of publicizing to the community and offering a performance venue. Within this essay, I will discuss how

there are two sides of people in the street art world. On one hand, there are those who intend to convey meaningful messages through their art and on the other hand, there are those who convey hateful or inappropriate messages. Using Tolstoy’s definition of art, “not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings,” both forms of street art are to be considered art (Tolstoy). But the most significant

an interesting insight of the underground and unknown world of street art and viewing societies understanding of modern art. The documentary trails the life of a curious French immigrant Terry Guetta, who has a passion for filming everything in sight from his family to local street artists. Following these street artists such as Shepherd Fairey and eventually Banksy himself around for most his time, he developed an interest in the art scene. As a full time accomplice, Terry Guetta later develops

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1, Introduction 2, What is the different between graffiti and street art 3, Cause 3.1, History 3.2, Reason for making graffiti 3.3, Creativity 4, Effect 4.1, Damage 4.2, Environment and harmful 4.3, Artist 4.4, Community and social networking service (SNS) 4.5, Volunteer 5, Summary 6, Reference list 7, Annotated bibliography 1. Introduction Graffiti can be found everywhere in our world. Recently, many young people draw graffiti in public place indiscriminately. They tag

starts recording everything he does, soon after this he falls in love with the idea of street art, first introduced to him by his cousin with the street name of Space Invader. Once Thierry ventures in the street art culture he comes across the anti authoritarian artist Banksy. Banksy lets Thierry film him paint street art but decides to turn the camera towards Thierry and gives him the advice to try street art himself. This makes for a great twist in the documentary, played out as a decision of the

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 C. Background on street art and graffiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 D. Banksy’s cultural significance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 II. Discussion A. Current legal status of street art applied to the walls without the

Graffiti composing and street art are regularly mistaken for each other. Both are subversive craftsmanship developments where work is shown in broad daylight as opposed to an exhibition setting. While graffiti specialists put their work in broad daylight, as a rule they are not intrigued by people in general comprehension their work; they need to address other graffiti craftsmen. Road craftsmen need everybody to see and be locked in by their work. They are attempting to create an impression. Graffiti

vandalism in some cities, streets, and underground tunnel where it is considered to have issues with the police. Yet in other places graffiti is considered a kind of art form where painting on the wall isn't consider a type of crime, but a kind of painting that is view on the streets instead in a museum. In different cities, countries have had graffiti art where street artists can consider themselves as an artist to express how they feel or to explain something through art instead of art. Whereas there are

The importance of Public Art in communities stems from a place of creativity, voice and rebellion. All art is a form of communication whether it is street art or museum art. Artists make art to express and address their political views, mark the anniversary of something, tell a story, etc. Public art creates a sense of community in cities and towns because it reflects what the places believe in. Whether it is street art or museum art, most all humans admire what artists express because it is easily

Art. Art is “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.” (google). That’s kind of a lot. Basically, art is anything created as a product of human creativity and imagination to portray a message, trigger an emotion, or just, look good. That being said, what isn’t art? Anything, from the mona lisa to the projects sitting around this room