Art urbain. L'art urbain, ou street art[1], est, à la fois, un mouvement artistique et un mode d'expression artistique, qui s'affirme ou se revendique ainsi à partir de la fin du XXe siècle. « Aux origines illégales, subversives et éphémères, il s’agit en général d’œuvres ou productions plastiques prenant en compte le contexte de création de manière à le questionner, l'explorer, le marquer, le dégrader, le détourner ou le sublimer[2]. » C'est principalement un art éphémère vu par un large public.
Il ne doit pas être confondu avec l'art dans la ville, dans l'espace urbain ou public (en anglais public art), et tous les projets initiés par des institutions publiques, comme le Federal Art Project américain des années 1930 ou les expériences menées en France à partir des années 1960 et 1970. Histoire[modifier | modifier le code] L'art urbain en tant qu'initiative individuelle commence à s'épanouir en France à partir de Mai 1968[10]. Influence[modifier | modifier le code] Entre autres : Quelques exemples : Street-art et Graffiti | FatCap. MWM Graphics | Matt W. Moore. Beautifully Offbeat Photography (13 photos) Samuel Bradley's photos cannot be neatly categorized.
Wonderfully offbeat and somewhat quirky, they truly span the spectrum. As he tells us, "I'm battling with two different ways of working and I don't know which one I prefer. I think most people follow my work and blog for the more quirky, interestingly processed and sometimes a bit 'cliché vintage' photographs. They're accessible to a wider audience, they don't require a lot of explanation and invite people to make their own assumptions and construct their own meanings. " He continues, "Then there's the other side of my work that I think I've only really just begun to explore.
The more fine art approach, with a lot of research and context behind it. The whole process is a lot slower, nearly always shot on film, and with an intended meaning behind it which I try to put into words and present as part of the work. I asked Bradley to share the story behind the man and the wolf photo we featured a few days ago (see above). Samuel Bradley. BombingArt.com :: Graffiti portail. Graffiti Art Magazine. New Age Street Art EDITO #77 | June – July 2024 Here we are! Street Art is heading to the next level, as shown by a series of events that were unthinkable just a few years ago: Kylian Mbappé’s stratospheric bid of €520,000 on Hopare’s portrait of Pelé at a charity auction; Renault’s commitment to Street Art reflecting the pioneering spirit of the group in contemporary art; the opening of the Pompidou Centre to Urban Art with Gérard Zlotykamien’s entry into the museum’s collections and the official placement of Invader’s PA_1500; the landmark exhibition We Are Here at Petit Palais; the phenomenal success of the Invader Space Station exhibition (see GraffitiART #76)…Street Art is now a full fledge movement that enlivens events and venues.
We can’t wait to see the works commissioned as part of the Grand Paris metro lines. A new chapter in Street Art is just beginning. Clet Abraham. Blek Le Rat. ART. Art. Art. World Art. Arts numériques.