Street art is a form of artwork displayed in public spaces like streets, buildings, trains and other surfaces for public viewing. It often takes the form of guerrilla art meant to make a statement about society. Street art has evolved from early graffiti and vandalism to new forms where artists bring messages or beauty to audiences. It is created using many media like spray paint, mosaics, stencils, stickers and sculptures. Modern street art originated in 1960s New York City graffiti and peaked in the 1980s with full subway train murals. Famous early street artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring transitioned to galleries, with Haring known for his cartoon-like yet

2. WHAT IS STREET ART?
•IS A FORM OF ARTWORK THAT IS DISPLAYED IN A COMMUNITY ON
ITS SURROUNDING BUILDINGS, STREETS, TRAINS, AND OTHER
PUBLICLY VIEWED SURFACES.
•MANY INSTANCES COME IN THE FORM OF GUERRILLA ART, WHICH
IS COMPOSED TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT SOCIETY

3. FROM THE
STREETS
• THE WORK HAS MOVED
FROM THE BEGINNINGS OF
GRAFFITI AND VANDALISM
TO NEW MODES WHERE
ARTISTS WORK TO BRING
MESSAGES, OR JUST
SIMPLE BEAUTY, TO AN
AUDIENCE.

4. TO THE
MAINSTREAM

5. HOW ITS MADE
• PRODUCED WITH MANY TYPES OF MEDIA SPRAY PAINT, LED ART,MOSAIC TILING, STENCIL ART, STICKER
ART, REVERSE GRAFFITI, "LOCK ON" SCULPTURES, STREET
INSTALLATIONS, WHEATPASTING, WOODBLOCKING, YARN BOMBING, AND ROCK BALANCING

7. MORE HISTORY
• MODERN STREET ART HAS WELL-
DOCUMENTED ORIGINS DATING
FROM NEW YORK
CITY'S GRAFFITI BOOM
• STARTING IN THE 60’S, PEAKING
WITH THE SPRAY-PAINTED FULL-
CAR SUBWAY TRAIN MURALS OF
THE 1980S

8. FAMOUS ARTISTS
• JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988)
• STARTED AS A STREET ARTIST AND TRANSITIONED
INTO A GALLERY ARTIST

9. FAMOUS STREET ARTISTS
• KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990)
• KNOWN FOR HIS CARTOONY YET POLITICAL IMAGES

10. KEITH HARING
SHORT BIO
• BORN ON MAY 4,1958 IN READING PENNSYLVANIA
• WAS INSPIRED AT A YOUNG AGE BY THE ART OF WALT
DISNEY AND DR. SEUSS
• STARTED OUT DOING HIS ART ON EMPTY SUBWAY
STATION WALLS.
• IT BECAME SO POPULAR THAT HE MADE LARGER
CONNECTIONS WITH ARTISTS IN THE NEW ART
MOVEMENT SUCH AS ANDY WARHOL.
• DID MANY PUBLIC ART WORKS FOR CHILDREN’S
HOMES, GROUP SHELTERS AND HOSPITALS
• DIED IN 1990 DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM THE AIDS
VIRUS.

11. ART WORKS

12. ICONOGRAPHY
• HARING WAS KNOWN FOR HIS USE OF ICONOGRAPHY
• ICONOGRPHY IS A PARTICULAR RANGE OR SYSTEM
OF TYPES OF IMAGE USED BY AN ARTIST OR ARTISTS
TO CONVEY PARTICULAR MEANINGS.
• THIS ALLOWED HARING TO COMMUNICATE MORE
COMPLEX MESSAGES WITHOUT WORDS.

13. ICONOGRAPHY AND
GRAFFITI
• HARING WAS A GRAFFITI ARTIST, SO HE LEARNED
HOW TO SAY THINGS SYMBOLICALLY.
• MANY GRAFFITI ARTISTS TODAY ALSO USE THEIR
OWN TYPES OF ICONOGRAPHY TO SPREAD THEIR
OWN MESSAGES AND SHARE THOUGHTS.
• FAMOUS GRAFFITI ARTIST BANKSY USES
CONTRASTING IMAGES TO MAKE POLITICAL
STATEMENTS
• WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IMAGE IS SAYING?