
Street installations are a form of
street art and
installation art. While conventional street art is done on walls and surfaces street installations use three-dimensional objects set in an urban environment. Like
graffiti
Graffiti (plural; singular ''graffiti'' or ''graffito'', the latter rarely used except in archeology) is art that is written, painted or drawn on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view. Graffiti ranges from s ...
, it is generally non-permission based and the installation is effectively abandoned by the artist upon completion. Street Installations sometimes have an interactive component.
Artists
Notable artist in the field include:
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Above
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BIBI
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Banksy
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Bleeps.gr
Bleepsgr (or Bleeps) is the pseudonym used by V.(M.) Kakouris, who is a Greek artist. He creates political street art, paintings and installations;Helena Celdrán (7 July 2011)"Aquiles también sale a protestar a las calles de Grecia" 20minutos ...
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Brad Downey
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El Celso
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Graffiti Research Lab
Graffiti Research Lab is an art project founded by Evan Roth
Evan Roth (born 1978) is an American artist who applies a hacker philosophy to an art practice that visualizes transient moments in public space, online and in popular culture.
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Harmen de Hoop
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Invader (artist)
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Manfred Kielnhofer
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Lennie Lee
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Leon Reid IV
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Mark Divo
Mark Divo (born 1966) is a Swiss-Luxembourgish conceptual artist and curator who organizes large-scale interactive art projects incorporating the work of underground artists. His work involves painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and ...
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Mark Jenkins
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Joe Mangrum
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Mark McGowan
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Nsumi
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Paige Smith (A Common Name)
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TEJN
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Dan Witz
See also
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Art intervention
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Culture jamming
Culture jamming (sometimes also guerrilla communication) is a form of protest used by many anti-consumerist social movements to disrupt or subvert media culture and its mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising. It a ...
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Installation art
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Lock On street sculptures
References
External links
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Wooster Collective's sub-category for street installation
New York Times articleabout the 2006 street art show at 11 Spring in New York's SoHo, which includes references to various installation artists
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Graffiti and unauthorised signage
Installation art
Installation