Topic > Essay on Street Art - 816

Street art in the form of text or simple iconic graphics in the wake of corporate icons becomes well-known but enigmatic symbols of an area or era. This period coincides with Keith Haring's subway advertising subversions and Jean-Michel Basquiat's SAMO tags. What is now recognized as "street art" had yet to become a realistic professional consideration, and offshoots such as stencil graffiti were in their infancy. Wheat Pasted art posters used to promote the bands and the clubs in which they performed evolved into actual works of art or artistic copies and became a common sight during the 1980s in cities around the world. Just as the world has grown (cough cough, 80s), so have the streets