As my research for my Online placement continued. My attention to how street art was started and why it turned itself into a prolific statement in the art community as a whole. As I continued my research I wanted to gather knowledge on the equipment used for these pieces. whether on broken walls,floors,trains etc. The General Admission: The History of Graffiti helped me realize how anything can be used to make street art.
History of Street Art
Street art is deeply rooted in the revolutionary practices of those who identified with various subcultures linked to class, race, or gender. 1970s and 1980s New York City witnessed the graffiti boom, a time when artists influenced by rap, hip-hop, punk, and new wave countercultures took to the streets to communicate with members of their private groups. These artists spray-painted stylized lettering in public spaces (walls, restrooms, subway cars). The medium evolved as artists tackled current political and social issues and introduced more visual elements in their compositions. Street art emphasized a political message, usually one of protest, and continued to place art in untraditional venues. Galleries and museums
Looking closer Into the history of modern graffiti art I realized In its original form they were making work based on Anti conformity. Ideals away from the status quo.
In the Years where the industrial revolution had built skyscrapers and cities with each block having a names and numbers, street art halted value in society lessening its cultural impact giving it a negative connotation. The people who have to come out to express what they need to say now to do in the dark, but that grit created value to the work. People were impressed by it and eventually put into exhibitions Jean baskett revolutionized how a widespread audience could look at graffiti/street art. Now wanting to break free from what they had been classed as in fact they didn’t even care, Making it for themselves and honest to them, but this sparked a generation of new street art that let society see it as worth not worthless.
Moving forward Ill look at how modern contemporary art has been engulfed by street arts vibrancy.