Annotated Bibliography
Alden Riggle, Nicholas. "Street Art: The Transfiguration of the Commonplace ." Wiley Online Library. The Journals of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , 4 August 2010. Web. 25 Oct 2013. <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6245.2010.01416.x/abstract;jsessionid=CD7F3F2127DEDA58612B07C0AD001713.f02t04?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false>.
This scholarly article was mainly about art being part of everyday life. When someone says art can be anything, what does that really mean? Some people may take it literally and say everything is art. The ones who have knowledge of what art really is can tell the difference between art and life. Street art can be known as everyday life, but in some cases it cannot. “It responds to modernism not by hosting the everyday its works are typically not everyday objects and, like Modernist works, often retain recognizable visual properties of art but by making art in the streets for all to see.” Street art is the separation of art and life. What is being painted on walls everywhere is not really everyday paintings. What makes street art “everyday life” is the fact that it is being painted on city walls. This scholarly article can help my paper by giving readers a different idea and to make them think about what they are looking at when they come across these walls of bright colors.
Allen, Greg. "Street Art Brings Life To A Miami Neighborhood." NPR. http://www.npr.org/2012/12/03/166099114/street-art-brings-life-to-a-miami-neighborhood, 28 Nov 2012. Web. 25 Oct 2013. <http://thewynwoodwalls.com/About/>.
This website discusses the Wynwood walls and art district in Miami Florida. For those who come to Wynwood, the first stop is normally the grassy courtyard with walkways surrounded by forty large, colorful, murals. The Wynwood Walls is a public art place created by Tony Goldman. Goldman was looking for something big to transform the warehouse district of Wynwood, and he came across a simple idea: “Wynwood’s large stock of warehouse buildings, all with no windows, would be my giant canvases to bring to them the greatest street art ever seen in one place.” Goldman surely did accomplish his goal. Wynwood is very well known all around the world, and tourist come to Miami to just see these magnificent walls. The Wynwood Walls became a major art statement with Goldman’s commitment to graffiti and street art, a style that he believed is under appreciated and not respected historically. He wanted to give the movement more attention and more respect. Goldman brought the world’s greatest artists working in the graffiti and street art genre to work together on creating such walls. The Wynwood walls have truly been an inspiration to so many people and will continue making an impact on every single person that walks down those streets. This website is going to help my paper so much because it demonstrates a place where artists can just go and express themselves, and people can actually enjoy graffiti and street art.
Banksy, , dir. Exit Through the Gift Shop. IMDb, 2010. Film. 24 Oct 2013. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707/>.
This documentary is about a French shopkeeper and amateur filmmaker Thierry Guettas adventure to locate Banksy. Banksy is a graffiti artist who is well known all around the world and his work can be seen on walls everywhere. Guettas plan is to film street artist in the process of creating their work. Throughout filming this documentary he meets Shephard Fairey, Invader, and many of the world’s most famous graffiti artists. Guetta even gets the advantage to assist the artists to create their work. Banksy refuses to show his true face in the documentary, but then realizes that Guetta is not going to do anything with the footage and decides to take the film into his own hands. Banksy makes a documentary of his own; starring Guetta and his journey meeting new artists and his life of filming. Banksy eventually convinces Guetta to be a street artist himself. This documentary can help my paper because it shows a true-life experience of an everyday man meeting such amazing street artists. Also, it shows how street art is a career for a lot of people.
Daichendt, James. "Artist-Driven Initiatives for Art Education: What We Can Learn From Street Art." 66.5 Ex: 6-12. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Database. 18 Oct 2013.
This database was about what society can learn from street art. There are many positive qualities of graffiti and other forms of street art. The author James Daichendt argued that street artist could offer a glimpse into potential directions for art education. Throughout the database the author interviewed 40 artists in Los Angeles, California. From all the insight James gathered he expanded the understanding of how creative groups work outside the context of traditional art schools and institutions. James brought a great point to the table; there are three characteristics of street art and artist that are singled out: questioning the social status, modeling creative behavior, and the importance of developing groups and environments. This database can be a great help to my paper because it shows that there is actually someone out there trying to show everyone that art doesn’t just have to be in an educational setting. Art can be anywhere, and anyone can learn from it.
"Graffiti Removal Events." . Graffiti Action Hero, Web. 20 Oct. 2013. <http://www.graffitiactionhero.org/index.html>.
This website is mainly about removing graffiti from city walls. They differentiate graffiti and street art a lot in this website. The website maker is completely against graffiti and how it is a destruction of public property, and it should not be displayed. They have days were they gather a group of volunteers and take them around major cities to remove graffiti from walls. Within the website there is a link that shows the differences between graffiti and street art. The differences are pretty accurate but they are extremely wrong as well. They put such a general judgment on graffiti that makes everyone that goes on this website go against anything colorful on a city wall. That is not the kind of statement that should be going around about graffiti. This website can help my paper because it is a website that is completely opposed to graffiti, but in a lot of the wrong ways. Anybody should be able to express him or herself as long as they are doing it respectively, and not destructively.
Lacktman, Gabriel. "GROWING UP WITH GRAFFITI: Reflections on Transitioning From a Part-Time Felon to a Full-Time Artist, and Then Back Again." 66.5 (2013): Ex: 13-19. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Database. 25 Oct 2013. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com.db16.linccweb.org/ehost/detail?vid=9&sid=5ccb5013-651a-49c3-9d10-8c6ddf31c785@sessionmgr12&hid=2&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==
This database talks about graffiti as a lifestyle. Those who have been sucked into the graffiti world say, “it’s not just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle.” Graffiti consumes the way you look at urban topography and how you view advertisements. The nineties was an era of “spray can art” or “aerosol art” the term “street art” had not been developed. When someone was caught using stencils they were considered cheating. If they were caught using stickers they were considered attention seekers. Real hard-core graffiti in the nineties was about, the spray cans you used, your letterforms, your control of the paint, where you chose to display your work, and the colors you used. Graffiti for some people has helped create their identity. The thrill of the freedom you can experience painting anywhere, is a feeling only true graffiti and street artist can experience. There was and is no space for amateurs. This database can prove to people that graffiti can be someone’s life, career, and even childhood. People took it serious and they still do today.
Schiller, Marc & Sara. Trespass: A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art. 1st ed. 1. 1-320. Web. <http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/15/7-essential-books-on-street-art/>.
This book examines the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, tracing key artists, events and movements of self-expression in the city’s social space. This is the first book to present the full historical sweep, global reach and technical developments of street art. “What makes Trespass different from other street art books is that it is not a street art book. It is a book that certainly includes street art and graffiti but goes beyond that to also address performance, protest, sculpture, and the whole goal of the book was to really look at the context of street art in a much larger historical perspective,” said Marc Schiller. This book is going to help my paper because it explains the historical background of street art, and the true meanings. It also gives a lot of examples of real street artists today and their take on street art. It also contains a lot of photos of street art from all over the world.
Tobar, Hector. "Street Art: Some Second Thoughts." Yes, street art has a right to exist. Just not everywhere.. 25 03 2011: n. page. Web. 20 Oct. 2013. <http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/25/local/la-me-tobar-20110325>.
This article was about the people who actually own or live near the walls filled with graffiti and street art. The author Hector Tobar interviewed a husband and wife, Henry Kline and Laura Kline that have been affected by the decoration on their neighborhood walls in Valley Village, Los Angeles. Near their house there was a wall being “vandalized” by graffiti artists. When Laura saw the young artist spray painting the wall she called the police. When they got more in-depth with why the artist was there and painting in their neighborhood, he explained that one of their neighbors Barbara Black had contacted young artists at the nearby high school and some other street artists to donate her wall to them. Mr. and Mrs. Kline were very surprised that the artists were not vandals, and were shock that Barbara had chosen such a style that looks very much like graffiti. Laura Kline stated, “It’s colorful. There is a lot of talent and skill… But this represents something and we all know what it is… It looks like art that is connected with gangs.” Gang graffiti, tagging and spray-can art are not one and the same, even though they can look similar to the observer. This article can help my paper a lot because it shows a different perspective of my own. This family believes that graffiti and street art all mean the same, when they really do not.
Alden Riggle, Nicholas. "Street Art: The Transfiguration of the Commonplace ." Wiley Online Library. The Journals of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , 4 August 2010. Web. 25 Oct 2013. <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6245.2010.01416.x/abstract;jsessionid=CD7F3F2127DEDA58612B07C0AD001713.f02t04?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false>.
This scholarly article was mainly about art being part of everyday life. When someone says art can be anything, what does that really mean? Some people may take it literally and say everything is art. The ones who have knowledge of what art really is can tell the difference between art and life. Street art can be known as everyday life, but in some cases it cannot. “It responds to modernism not by hosting the everyday its works are typically not everyday objects and, like Modernist works, often retain recognizable visual properties of art but by making art in the streets for all to see.” Street art is the separation of art and life. What is being painted on walls everywhere is not really everyday paintings. What makes street art “everyday life” is the fact that it is being painted on city walls. This scholarly article can help my paper by giving readers a different idea and to make them think about what they are looking at when they come across these walls of bright colors.
Allen, Greg. "Street Art Brings Life To A Miami Neighborhood." NPR. http://www.npr.org/2012/12/03/166099114/street-art-brings-life-to-a-miami-neighborhood, 28 Nov 2012. Web. 25 Oct 2013. <http://thewynwoodwalls.com/About/>.
This website discusses the Wynwood walls and art district in Miami Florida. For those who come to Wynwood, the first stop is normally the grassy courtyard with walkways surrounded by forty large, colorful, murals. The Wynwood Walls is a public art place created by Tony Goldman. Goldman was looking for something big to transform the warehouse district of Wynwood, and he came across a simple idea: “Wynwood’s large stock of warehouse buildings, all with no windows, would be my giant canvases to bring to them the greatest street art ever seen in one place.” Goldman surely did accomplish his goal. Wynwood is very well known all around the world, and tourist come to Miami to just see these magnificent walls. The Wynwood Walls became a major art statement with Goldman’s commitment to graffiti and street art, a style that he believed is under appreciated and not respected historically. He wanted to give the movement more attention and more respect. Goldman brought the world’s greatest artists working in the graffiti and street art genre to work together on creating such walls. The Wynwood walls have truly been an inspiration to so many people and will continue making an impact on every single person that walks down those streets. This website is going to help my paper so much because it demonstrates a place where artists can just go and express themselves, and people can actually enjoy graffiti and street art.
Banksy, , dir. Exit Through the Gift Shop. IMDb, 2010. Film. 24 Oct 2013. <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707/>.
This documentary is about a French shopkeeper and amateur filmmaker Thierry Guettas adventure to locate Banksy. Banksy is a graffiti artist who is well known all around the world and his work can be seen on walls everywhere. Guettas plan is to film street artist in the process of creating their work. Throughout filming this documentary he meets Shephard Fairey, Invader, and many of the world’s most famous graffiti artists. Guetta even gets the advantage to assist the artists to create their work. Banksy refuses to show his true face in the documentary, but then realizes that Guetta is not going to do anything with the footage and decides to take the film into his own hands. Banksy makes a documentary of his own; starring Guetta and his journey meeting new artists and his life of filming. Banksy eventually convinces Guetta to be a street artist himself. This documentary can help my paper because it shows a true-life experience of an everyday man meeting such amazing street artists. Also, it shows how street art is a career for a lot of people.
Daichendt, James. "Artist-Driven Initiatives for Art Education: What We Can Learn From Street Art." 66.5 Ex: 6-12. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Database. 18 Oct 2013.
This database was about what society can learn from street art. There are many positive qualities of graffiti and other forms of street art. The author James Daichendt argued that street artist could offer a glimpse into potential directions for art education. Throughout the database the author interviewed 40 artists in Los Angeles, California. From all the insight James gathered he expanded the understanding of how creative groups work outside the context of traditional art schools and institutions. James brought a great point to the table; there are three characteristics of street art and artist that are singled out: questioning the social status, modeling creative behavior, and the importance of developing groups and environments. This database can be a great help to my paper because it shows that there is actually someone out there trying to show everyone that art doesn’t just have to be in an educational setting. Art can be anywhere, and anyone can learn from it.
"Graffiti Removal Events." . Graffiti Action Hero, Web. 20 Oct. 2013. <http://www.graffitiactionhero.org/index.html>.
This website is mainly about removing graffiti from city walls. They differentiate graffiti and street art a lot in this website. The website maker is completely against graffiti and how it is a destruction of public property, and it should not be displayed. They have days were they gather a group of volunteers and take them around major cities to remove graffiti from walls. Within the website there is a link that shows the differences between graffiti and street art. The differences are pretty accurate but they are extremely wrong as well. They put such a general judgment on graffiti that makes everyone that goes on this website go against anything colorful on a city wall. That is not the kind of statement that should be going around about graffiti. This website can help my paper because it is a website that is completely opposed to graffiti, but in a lot of the wrong ways. Anybody should be able to express him or herself as long as they are doing it respectively, and not destructively.
Lacktman, Gabriel. "GROWING UP WITH GRAFFITI: Reflections on Transitioning From a Part-Time Felon to a Full-Time Artist, and Then Back Again." 66.5 (2013): Ex: 13-19. Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Database. 25 Oct 2013. <http://ehis.ebscohost.com.db16.linccweb.org/ehost/detail?vid=9&sid=5ccb5013-651a-49c3-9d10-8c6ddf31c785@sessionmgr12&hid=2&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==
This database talks about graffiti as a lifestyle. Those who have been sucked into the graffiti world say, “it’s not just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle.” Graffiti consumes the way you look at urban topography and how you view advertisements. The nineties was an era of “spray can art” or “aerosol art” the term “street art” had not been developed. When someone was caught using stencils they were considered cheating. If they were caught using stickers they were considered attention seekers. Real hard-core graffiti in the nineties was about, the spray cans you used, your letterforms, your control of the paint, where you chose to display your work, and the colors you used. Graffiti for some people has helped create their identity. The thrill of the freedom you can experience painting anywhere, is a feeling only true graffiti and street artist can experience. There was and is no space for amateurs. This database can prove to people that graffiti can be someone’s life, career, and even childhood. People took it serious and they still do today.
Schiller, Marc & Sara. Trespass: A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art. 1st ed. 1. 1-320. Web. <http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/15/7-essential-books-on-street-art/>.
This book examines the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, tracing key artists, events and movements of self-expression in the city’s social space. This is the first book to present the full historical sweep, global reach and technical developments of street art. “What makes Trespass different from other street art books is that it is not a street art book. It is a book that certainly includes street art and graffiti but goes beyond that to also address performance, protest, sculpture, and the whole goal of the book was to really look at the context of street art in a much larger historical perspective,” said Marc Schiller. This book is going to help my paper because it explains the historical background of street art, and the true meanings. It also gives a lot of examples of real street artists today and their take on street art. It also contains a lot of photos of street art from all over the world.
Tobar, Hector. "Street Art: Some Second Thoughts." Yes, street art has a right to exist. Just not everywhere.. 25 03 2011: n. page. Web. 20 Oct. 2013. <http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/25/local/la-me-tobar-20110325>.
This article was about the people who actually own or live near the walls filled with graffiti and street art. The author Hector Tobar interviewed a husband and wife, Henry Kline and Laura Kline that have been affected by the decoration on their neighborhood walls in Valley Village, Los Angeles. Near their house there was a wall being “vandalized” by graffiti artists. When Laura saw the young artist spray painting the wall she called the police. When they got more in-depth with why the artist was there and painting in their neighborhood, he explained that one of their neighbors Barbara Black had contacted young artists at the nearby high school and some other street artists to donate her wall to them. Mr. and Mrs. Kline were very surprised that the artists were not vandals, and were shock that Barbara had chosen such a style that looks very much like graffiti. Laura Kline stated, “It’s colorful. There is a lot of talent and skill… But this represents something and we all know what it is… It looks like art that is connected with gangs.” Gang graffiti, tagging and spray-can art are not one and the same, even though they can look similar to the observer. This article can help my paper a lot because it shows a different perspective of my own. This family believes that graffiti and street art all mean the same, when they really do not.