Street art is contemporary art made as outdoor paintings, drawings or three-dimensional works on walls, sidewalks or street surfaces in the public thoroughfares of urban environments. According to the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus such works are sometimes intended to draw attention to urban issues. The thesaurus files street art under urban art within its art genres and records street works as a variant name. In this atlas the form covers stencils, murals and other works made for city walls and streets, whether or not the maker is named.
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Contemporary outdoor paintings, drawings, or three-dimensional works on walls, sidewalks, or street surfaces in public thoroughfares of urban environments, sometimes intended to draw attention to urban issues.
Kissing Coppers (Wikipedia)
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Kissing Coppers is a Banksy stencil that pictures two British policemen kissing.
Girl with Balloon (Wikipedia)
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Girl with Balloon (also, Balloon Girl or Girl and Balloon) is a series of stencil murals around London by the graffiti artist Banksy, started in 2002.
Art Buff (Wikipedia)
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Art Buff is a graffiti artwork by Banksy which was created in Folkestone in 2014, Banksy announcing it as "part of the Folkestone triennial.
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