Wow, they're brilliant, I completely agree with you! I love how some passers by pretend to start to lose balance and fall in! I personally wouldn't want to spend so much time producing a piece of art which will be washed away:(
As an urban planner they are a great way to get people activated at the street level. Where a plaza or a sidewalk is no longer a piece of concrete, it becomes a destination, a photographed area and a conversation starter. A goal is to have vibrancy at your street instead of vacancy and emptiness. I think these are a great way to do it.
As to a waste of resources, isn't that is up to how the artist wants to do their work. It is their choice not to have permanent long term installations, but to have something temporary where people look forward to what they want to do next. Some artist are known for short term installations and that is what they want to do.
@melaniesavage I read that he was painting in acrylic instead of chalk so it could last for quite a while depending on top coats.
@brumbe I did see that too, didn't really realise it would last longer!! I get the temporary aspect to it and would love to see some for real, and wouldn't mind if someone elses washed away so much, but just not mine!!!!
I don't see street art as graffiti. People who say its vandalism have only seen bad pieces of work, the way I see it if I got a big canvas and painted lets say the picture above what I'm painting in water colours it would be classed as art right? so why isn't it the same if its done with a can? Can's are harder to paint with which means it takes more skill, anyone can pick up a paint brush and paint something and people will say it art but to be able to pick up a high pressed spray can where it can go wrong at any moment and be able to get every line perfect, if its a huge 30ft piece on the side of a building you have to go with your eye but if your painting it with a paint brush you can step away and come back to it when ever you can, a lot of street art is done in a matter of hours sometimes even minutes that's why it should be called art and not graffiti or vandalism.
Example Banksy, Space invader and a lot of people will diss me for saying this but Mr brain wash isn't an artist he gets other people to do his work and he writes his name on I.
@emayo I love Banksy he is amazing!! - I love street art, my friend is a art student and has to draw on this mazive peice of paper. She said to me that she would rather draw on the side of a building :) xx
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edited to add information about this mural:
This mural, by local students of O'Neill Collegiate & Vocational Institute and Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School, depicts the first stage coach line that operated on Kingston Road (Highway 2) between Fort Frontenac (Kingston) and Fort York (Toronto), 1817 to 1855. The last stop before Fort York was at Oshawa House on the northeast corner of King and Centre Streets.
Me too, there's some fabulous pieces here, I don't think calling it graffiti necessary means it's vandalism or lesser than supposedly legit artists. I think it's all street art but people will either like it or not!
I personally love it & will photograph it whenever I can find some :)
@raggleroo In my final GCSE art piece we all had to paint, i refused and said i wanted to do photography and make stencil's and spray them and i did the piece looked amazing....till my art teacher gave me a D for it
@raggleroohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCoqsVDVWN8 this video is truly amazing for the simple fact its graffiti stop motion and its done so well its unbelievable. Now if someone only saw one of the piece's they will think its vandalism but if they watched the whole thing then maybe they will see that this is art.
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As to a waste of resources, isn't that is up to how the artist wants to do their work. It is their choice not to have permanent long term installations, but to have something temporary where people look forward to what they want to do next. Some artist are known for short term installations and that is what they want to do.
@melaniesavage I read that he was painting in acrylic instead of chalk so it could last for quite a while depending on top coats.
This ia actually a view of 3 buildings! :-)
I like street art and also signs. They really add character to a neighborhood.
slightly different take on street art...
OK, I know it's not exacty street art, but what is it?
The real street art .... ;)
Example Banksy, Space invader and a lot of people will diss me for saying this but Mr brain wash isn't an artist he gets other people to do his work and he writes his name on I.
~Henry Ward Beecher
edited to add information about this mural:
This mural, by local students of O'Neill Collegiate & Vocational Institute and Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School, depicts the first stage coach line that operated on Kingston Road (Highway 2) between Fort Frontenac (Kingston) and Fort York (Toronto), 1817 to 1855. The last stop before Fort York was at Oshawa House on the northeast corner of King and Centre Streets.
This is street art, Fargo, ND style
I personally love it & will photograph it whenever I can find some :)