Popular
interest
in
street
art
and
graffiti
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over
the
years
.
Historically
they
have
been
either
ignored
or
dismissed
,
but
attitudes
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.
In
fact
this
art
forms
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in
popularity
since
the
1980s
.
This
is
apparent
from
the
wide
range
of
books
and
articles
that
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available
as
well
as
websites
,
festivals
and
museums
and
gallery
exhibitions
that
are
devoted
to
art
and
graffiti
.
These
days
street
art
is
an
exciting
and
original
form
of
artistic
production
that
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more
and
more
artists
.
Street
art
and
graffiti
are
similar
but
also
interestingly
different
.
In
the
case
of
the
street
art
it
is
difficult
to
separate
it
from
other
forms
of
art
in
the
public
eye
,
such
as
public
sculpture
and
performance
.
Furthermore
different
people
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the
term
street
art
in
different
ways
,
applying
it
to
graffiti
,
large
wall
paintings
or
murals
,
public
sculpture
,
street
instalation
and
many
other
art
forms
.
The
broadest
notion
of
street
art
is
just
that
of
"
art
in
the
streets
"
.
However
,
according
to
Nicholas
Alden
Riggle's
2010
work
"
Street
Art
:
The
Transfiguration
of
the
Commonplace
"
a
painting
that
is
placed
on
the
street
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street
art
.
Street
art
is
art
whose
meaning
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on
its
use
of
the
street
.
This
definition
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the
example
of
a
painting
that
someone
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just
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in
the
street
.
It
also
supports
the
view
that
is
street
art
cannot
be
removed
without
threatening
its
meaning
as
as
street
art
.
Its
home
is
a
public
arena
,
and
so
it
can
be
freely
altered
or
destroyed
by
the
public
.
