Street artist Banksy uses his work to criticise corporations for their globalization of mainstream culture.Tesco, McDonalds and Disney are just some of the many multinationals to have experienced the Banksy treatment by having their logos satirically juxtaposed with an image of poverty or terror.
Street Art is done all around the world but it stared very secretly because it was illegally to paint on public property you can find it everywhere you look. The street art can involve traditional graffiti artworks which include stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheat pasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations.
Street art has become a global culture and even art museums and galleries are collecting the work of street artists. Street art started out very secretly because it is illegal to paint public and private property without permission.Some people think it is a crime and some think it is a very beautiful new form of culture.
Over the last few years, there has been a growth of public art with sculptures and murals appearing in shopping centres, streets and town squares. Large format printing is increasingly playing a role here as huge banners appear over buildings.
Some of these images are so striking, imaginative and attractive that they hardly even seem like advertising and, to the casual passer-by look more like a work of art – which is arguably what they are.But these large format printing pieces are also good for preserving a city’s heritage.
Street art is most common in Europe. It’s not like normal graffiti and also makes statement about politics. There’s plenty of kitschy street art, but it typically symbolizes some sort of statement. It is often conducted in the dark of the night and many artists’ dose not put their real names, but puts a fake name since they’re often vandalizing and defacing property. Some street artists have gone commercial, picking up gigs with major pay, but for the most part, the art remains safe from heavy monetary influence.
Street artists should thanks to internet because with the Internet, street artists communicate with each other and show their work to the world.
