Stencil Art

Pop Culture

De: iMinds

Narrado por: Ellouise Rothwell

Duración: 7 m

Resumen del Editor

Learn about Stencil Art with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series. In any urban setting throughout the world today, you can expect to see examples of stencil art. On street corners, train stations and public toilets the world over stencil art is a favored tool of the graffiti artist. Many consider such imagery urban pollution, the work of mindless vandals. Such attitudes ignore what has fast become one of the most significant artistic and cultural movements of the early 21st century. Stencil Art is no longer the sole domain of the graffiti artist, the aesthetic is now ubiquitous in advertising, the mainstream press, and even on the walls of the world’s most famous galleries.

Although stencil art as a method of graffiti has only risen to mainstream prominence since the start of this century, its roots run much deeper into 20th century street art. Prominent New York street artist John Fekner started working with stencils as early as 1968.

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Quick Get Away for Graffiti Artists

As a retired art museum administrator, I still have trouble recognizing graffiti artists as true artists, although I have to admit some of them are very talented. I'm not in favor of destroying public property or breaking the law. I'd much rather see public art forms such as murals on the side of buildings, in underpasses, and on bridges, which have become more and more prominent all over the world, depicting a wide array of subject matter.