{"id":10357,"date":"2018-09-11T19:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/?p=10357"},"modified":"2021-03-21T13:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T18:52:27","slug":"street-art-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/art\/street-art-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering different strokes: Street Art Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you love finding alleyways filled with murals and street art? Neither confined to the walls of museums nor having to follow anyone’s rules, these murals and graffiti sometimes have political messages, sometimes just splashes of colors but always give us a glimpse of local culture.  The independent artworks may have been spray-painted by anonymous creatives or thoughtfully created by famous graffiti artists, who like to express their ideas on a platform that is not always inside the guidelines of conventional society. From Banksy in the UK, Vhils in Portugal, Blu in Italy and Roa who adds multiple layers to his pieces –  are defining this new urban art movement through their Street Art Around the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Street Art in Chicago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The popularity of this artist expression is increasing that these day you can find some amazing murals in the streets of many large cities and towns. While graffiti is usually made up of written words that are meant to send a covert message hidden in plain sight, street art usually includes images and illustrations that are meant to convey a message. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blank walls, rocks and old silos become the canvas where the artist is free to express their creativity using vibrant paints and bold brush strokes.  While the snap-happy social media influencers love these for their background value,  and the images make the rounds on Instagram and other social media, the artist painting these works of art are not doing it for fame or money but most often to make a statement or to spread a message. Like other forms of Modern Art, these murals make you stop and ponder<\/strong>…..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See this visual story of Street Art from Dallas, Texas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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