Art Out of the Ordinary You do not have to walk very far in any
city today before seeing art plainly exhibited on the street. A
building wall, sidewalk, traffic sign, or fence make an ideal
canvas, transforming the urban landscape into an outdoor gallery.
This art of the public space, widely referred to as graffiti or
street art, has origins in the 1960s when it began as a subversive
method of public communication for youth in Philadelphia and New
York City. Over the last 40 years, a global phenomenon has taken
over the streets of Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Toronto,
London, Sao Palo, Madrid, Melbourne, Tel Aviv, and Amsterdam,
giving rise to one of contemporary art and culture's most important
movements. This book presents a collection of photographs of art on
the streets from around the world: New York City, Miami, Santa Fe,
and Camden in the United States, Montreal and Toronto in Canada;
Ravello and Siracusa in Italy; Barcelona, Spain; Tel Aviv and Acre
in Israel, Luang Prabang, Laos; London, England; Casablanca and
Essaouira in Morocco; and Amsterdam, Holland. The scope of these
photographs presents graffiti, street art, and public art, as well
as art simply put on public display. The geographical span coupled
with the fact that many documented sites are not considered hotbeds
for urban art production indicates the movement's global impact.
Mediums range from graffiti, stencil art, and wheatpaste to
site-specific installation and sculpture. Represented are the
various categories used to label art on the street: illegal,
commissioned, sanctioned, and unsanctioned. The highlighted works
seem to be very different at first look, but there is a very strong
bond connecting them. Each of these works presents us with art that
is out of the ordinary.
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