| LC control no. | sh 85128580 |
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| Topical heading | Street art |
| Variant(s) | Art, Street Art, Wall Wall art |
| See also | Art and society Mural painting and decoration--20th century Mural painting and decoration--21st century Performance art Politics in art Graffiti |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on outdoor mural painting decorating buildings in public thoroughfares and often drawing attention to contemporary urban problems such as drugs, minorities, police brutality, etc. General works on painting on wall surfaces are entered under Mural painting and decoration. Works on drawing on wall surfaces emphasizing the concept of drawing with the drawing usually visible for a limited period of time are entered under Wall drawing (Conceptual art). |
| Subject example tracing | Notes under Mural painting and decoration; Wall drawing (Conceptual art) |
| Found in | Work cat.: Juaritoz graffiti, 2017: p. 9 (street art [term given in English though text as a whole is in Spanish]) Benezit dictionary of artists, via WWW, viewed May 21, 2020: under RETNA (American, 21st century, male; graffiti art, street art, calligraphy, installation art; RETNA is an internationally recognized street and studio artist; as is typical with street art, RETNA has turned his focus more than once towards exploring urbanisation and decay) Schacter, R. World atlas of street art and graffiti, 2013, via WWW, viewed May 21, 2020: p. 9 (A World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti constitutes the most in-depth and authoritative account of this contemporary art form and provides the definitive biographical guide to the most original and inventive artists working in Independent Public Art today) |
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