Essays on Street Art

Alternative media refers to delivery of various media or arts outside of traditional delivery systems. One such, often understudied, alternative media practice is the development of street art. I selected topic #3. This fits within the larger context of the course, by working to define what alternative is, and how specific practices fit into the larger goal, and genre of alternative media. The primary research question for this topic will be: What is the historical context of street art, what resistance has it faced, and how does it serve the public socially, as an art form. This will include ...

Exports and Imports

When it comes to exports and imports, Chile ranks highly as one of the best countries in the international market trade. Chile has several trade agreements with big countries such as the USA, Canada, and others in the European Union. Chile’s ability to perform well in the international trade is favored by its ranking as one of the least corrupt countries in South America. Chile main export products include fruits, pulp, copper, paper fish, wine and chemicals (Morrison, 200). Most of these goods are exported to the United States of America. Additionally, exports to China, especially for copper, ...

There are many of forms of protest, but the one that is probably the most visible one lacks attention of the political researchers. Undoubtedly, political graffiti contain ideas that challenge the public opinion or the government’s practices. Nowadays they are an important part of street art that is popular in the global cities, London, Tokyo, Berlin, Barcelona, New York as well as in the cities which suffer from the societal and political crises. It is widely known that in the situations of oppression, people start to resist the dominating forces by using jokes, songs, theater, etc. (Waldner & Dobratz, ...

Introduction - what is a subculture?

One particular term which is quite commonly used these days is ‘sub-culture’. One need to understand what is exactly meant by a subculture and how does the same have an impact on the socio-cultural frameworks in today’s world. A subculture is defined to be a specific group of people with specific behavioral traits who exist within a larger and more common culture . The subculture can be identified on the basis of ethnic, economic, social or regional characteristics and it needs to be highlighted that it is not always necessary that it will be formally enlisted or categorized by ...

Claudio Interview. Intervieweers: Emma O’Brien & Megan Godfrey 

Claudio interview categorisation: The beginning of the interview Middle of the interview Conclusion of the interview (the ending) The beginning of the interview (subcategorisation): Determination of the main subject of the interview (street art) and focusing on the aspects of street art History of the city and historical architecture as the symbols, that gain people. Political messages that this symbols carry and their meaning to the public. Origins of Claudio. Reasons for moving into Berlin. Condition of Berlin in 1980.

Reconstruction of Berlin. Specific look that Berlin has due to its’ international community

Attractive image of Berlin, that makes more people come to the city. Main part of the interview: Falling ...

Question One: definition of political graffiti

Graffiti remains one of the topics, which attracts attention of political sociologists and other researchers in various discipline. In essence, graffiti has existed for many years, but researchers and political sociologists have paid less attention in terms of examining the roles and functions of graffiti as a form of political participation and political contentious ,despite it conveying and eliciting political messages. The fact that researchers and political sociologies have paid less attention on the topic of graffiti makes it illegitimate and unlawful in repressive regimes. In other words, the government persecutes, charges, and convicts individuals who employ graffiti as a form ...

Project Number

Selecting a subject for the street art really took me a long while to figure out what will draw. For many decades, common stereotypes of street art have developed amongst people simply because it was an art created by the thugs who wanted to vandalize the walls with their artworks. I believe that art should have the ability to express one’s self and make other people happy despite their problems in life. In addition, it is my choice to keep the subject simple is because there are some people who cannot understand what the artist was saying if the piece ...

- Drawing the line between crime and art - Graffiti, the Purest form of Art - What is Street art? Vandalism, Graffiti or Public art - The Culture and Politics of Graffiti Most people would be hesitant to call graffiti an art, because the current law treats anything painted on a wall or any surface, without the owner’s consent, as a form of vandalism. Nonetheless, while some people view graffiti as vandalism, members of the art community view it as an art of strange beauty on doors and walls scarred by spray paint and markers. In ...

Andy Warhol was an artist in the pop art. He explored the relationships between advertisement, celebrity culture, and artistic expression. Warhol was very successful as an illustrator of commercial art. He is however known for being controversial in art. His artwork is composed of different types of media such as painting, photography, hand drawing, printmaking, music, film, sculpture, and silk screening. He also pioneered computer generated art. He used collaborators to help him in accomplishing his art (The Warhol, 2013). Warhol focused on the popular people or items to form the subject of his art. Warhol focused on producing ...

An Examination of the Case of Zacharevic’s Art and the Lego Brand, with a Focus on the White Washed Johur Bahru Mural, from a Political Economy Approach (Student’s Full Name) An Examination of the Case of Zacharevic’s Art and the Lego Brand, with a Focus on the White Washed Johur Bahru Mural, From a Political Economy Approach

Some persons who have had the chance to view Ernest Zacharevic’s mural in Johur Bahru (JB) in Malaysia may share the same sentiments of expressed in the above quotation. Persons may have differing opinions of whether or not it was ...

Examining the vital and distinct differences between street art and pop art, it is necessary to look at several examples. Andy Warhol’s portrait of Che Guevara, created in 1968, is a perfect example of pop art – a genre that Warhol himself innovated. In this work, nine differently colorized images of Che Guevara are presented in a tiled manner, each of them having a different brilliantly neon color scheme. This particular image is pop art due to its appropriation of pop culture imagery in order to make an artistic statement in a formal, artistic exhibition context; the use of Che’s iconic image in ...

Exit through the Gift Shop is a 2010 about contemporary art, where the Frenchman Thierry Guetta is seen documenting the history of the street art movement with his camera; nevertheless, he turns this around and starts proposing himself as an artist instead. The film displays many different artists and the variations between them: technique, conception of art, ways to relate to each other, etc. One of the most interesting aspects of the movie lies in the anonymity of the artist Banksy, and Guetta’s relation to him, as it allows him to believe that he, without fame or recognition, could ...

Hard Work vs. Quick Money

Contemporary art is a very complex profession. As in all movements, success is hard to come across, and entails a great amount of luck; thus, artists’ experiences vary. The 2010 film Exit through the Gift Shop is an interesting showcase for these differences, as it portrays many artists and their development in this field. The present essay will study the similarities and differences between the two main characters’ experience in the art world in terms of their introduction to it, popular success and other artists’ esteem. Specifically, while Banksy started out as an unknown doing street art, is world-renowned and has ...

Film Review

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist I don't do that any more (Banksy) The film “Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film” narrates about a start-up of street art, and about how art can turn into a business, thanks to people like Thierry Guetta. Guetta, who from an ordinary bystander and narrator of street art has turned into an ambitious businessman "Mr. Brainwash". At the start, in the very focus there is an off-stage life of street artists, captured by Thierry Guetta, who attained commitment of Banksy – a well-known figure in the ...

A brief overview

ART AND ARCHITECTURE 2 Abstract Since time immemorial, man has always craved for expressing himself through various media like art, music, dance and literature. In a way, all the forms through which man conveys his creativity and ideas can be categorised under the huge canopy of being ‘art’. Visual arts include the paintings, sculpture, film making, printmaking, street art, photography and several other art forms which are a source of both entertainment and inspiration for people. Architecture includes making of certain objects or buildings in an artistic as well as planned manner. This essay gives a brief overview of several ...

When analyzing visual art there are many different ways to interpret a painting, sculpture, or work of architecture. Often we think that art should convey factual knowledge about when a piece of art was made and the context it was created. We may also think that the role of art is to discover meaning within a visual image and explore how we respond emotionally to them. Form and content should contain a message. However, there is no true definition of art. Yet the most recognized one is, “Visual art is human expression in a visual form.” (South). When interpreting what a visual work of ...