Action painting and art burt is the origin of graffiti and street art. They were originally painted with brushes, however everything changed in 1949. The spray can was invented and the history of urban art changed. Pop Art was created because of spray paint and this soon developed into graffiti and street art. The movement of beautiful losers became a driving movement for modern graffiti/street art styles and it…you guessed it, it stemmed from graffiti and pop art. Beautiful losers became artivism, graffuturism, and hybridism which creates every modern form of graffiti and street art. As you can tell the history of graffiti and street art is deeply intertwined and is very confusing, so feel free to take a look at the pictures at the right and try to decipher it.
In my pursuit of street art, it was a fun and interesting week. I went into Philly and walked around the city looking for different murals and art along the streets. I was surprise and amazed at all the different murals around the city. The most interesting mural that I found was at a gas station, a GAS STATION. It was amazing to see such amazing art work at a humble gas station. The picture was both visual appealing as well as idea inspiring.
It was an amazing week for me in my own pursuit of street art. I had the opportunity/free time to do art three times. The first and second time it was over a two night process of experiments. I got new spray paint as well as learned the newspaper technique (shout out to Daniel). I also tried out a new phrase, it was Creative over (as a fraction bar) Ordinary. It was a fun project because it was a different style and it was straight forward without "extra" bell and whistles.
I also got to try something that I never thought I would be able to do….ever. Snow Street Art. Sounds interesting, right? Well let me tell you, it was the best! Every inch of the ground was my canvas and if a mistake was made you used a shovel and scooped out the part that was bad…amazing. The work that I did in the snow in term of quality was shaky at best, but I was really just experimenting and having some fun during my snow day. Overall it was a really cool experience and with the snow stick around I might be able to do it a few more times (and they will be better quality). There is also a timelapse video I made which is super wild and hard to follow, but I will throw it in and let you enjoy!
It was really neat to see your progress in street art. It was also cool to see where you got your inspiration and motivation from. Because you have come this far from where you originally started, I had the question of, do you consider yourself a street artist yet and what determines if you are one or not. Good luck on the rest of your project!
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