Two things we love about street art. First, we're inspired by the way street artists view the world as a canvas. They transform overlooked architectural sites, such as exterior walls, doors, viaducts, and other surfaces, into provocative pictures. Many accomplish this feat with printed media and wheat paste - what amounts to giant stickers. Second, we appreciate the way the best street artists use context to their advantage. Instead of merely treating a surface as arbitrary, they incorporate it into their work. Notice, for instance, the subtle way that the sliding doors in front of Jean-Michel Basquiat's old studio posthumously reserve the surface for him; or the wonderful way Joe Iurato's picture of a child greets pedestrians exiting the subway station in Bushwick. Street art animates public space. ⠀
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Artistic Credit: Image 1: Joe Iuarto (@joeiurato), Brooklyn Baby, Bushwick Collective, Brooklyn; Image 2: DeeDee (@deedeewashere); Image 3: Vhils (@vhils) and JR (@jr), Los Angeles; Image 4: Mantra Rea (@mantrarea); Image 5: Shepard Fairey (@obeygiant), Jersey City; Image 6: Blu (@bluwalls); Image 7: Keith Haring (@keithharingfoundation), Chalk on paper, 1982; Image 8: Jean-Michel Basquiat's (@basquiat_archive) studio entrance, SoHo; Image 9: Banksy (@banksy), West Bank, 2009; Image 10: Kobra (@kobrastreetart), Mount Rushmore, NYC. ⠀
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