Buff Monster
Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Prints
Screen
Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Spray Paint, Acrylic
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Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Oil, Board
2010s Street Art More Prints
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Sculptures
PVC
2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples
Screen
2010s Street Art More Prints
Screen
2010s Street Art More Prints
Screen
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
2010s Pakistani Kilim Central Asian Rugs
Wool
2010s German Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Brass
2010s American Modern Cabinets
Brass
1970s Pop Art Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Bronze
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Side Tables
Wood
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Fireplaces and Mantels
Iron
2010s Australian Modern Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Victorian Carnival Art
Pine, Paper
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Early 20th Century Carnival Art
Wood
2010s Italian Industrial Doors and Gates
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Wood, Oak
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Doors and Gates
Brass
1980s Contemporary Nude Photography
Archival Pigment
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A Close Look at Street Art Art
Street art is a style created for city walls, subway trains and other public spaces. Sometimes it is commissioned, yet most often it is an individual statement of defiant free expression. Although mostly an urban style, street art can be found all over the world, including JR’s pasted portraits on the separation wall in Palestine, Invader’s playful ceramic tile mosaics in Paris and the provocative stencil and spray-paint works by Banksy in London.
The Philadelphia-based Cornbread — aka Darryl McCray — is considered the first modern graffiti artist. He began tagging his name around the city in the 1960s. Graffiti art later flourished in New York City in the 1970s. There, young artists used spray paint and markers to create tags and large-scale graphic works, with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring both developing their distinctive styles through the graffiti scene, which would evolve into street art. Artists such as Tracy 168 and Lady Pink pioneered the Wild Style of complex graffiti writing in the 1980s, pushing the movement forward.
Because of its unsanctioned, improvisational and frequently covert nature, street art involves a range of techniques and aesthetics. Some street artists use quick and effective stenciling, whereas others wheat-paste posters, commandeer video projectors or freehand draw elaborate illustrations and murals. Shepard Fairey made his mark with street art stickers before designing the iconic “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
While the origins of street art are rooted in a strictly noncommercial creative act that confronted political issues, sexuality and more for a general audience of passersby, the art form has moved inside the galleries over the years. Today, just as Basquiat and Haring took their works from Manhattan’s Lower East Side alleyways into Soho galleries, artists including KAWS, Barry McGee and Osgemeos are in demand with collectors of fine art.
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