Painting for the people
How street artists are using creativity to shed light on issues affecting their communities.
Street and graffiti artists have long used city spaces as a canvas for both artistic expression and creative protest. While some have earned mainstream success in galleries, others continue to use graffiti art to challenge the status quo and reclaim public spaces. How can street art change how people see and feel about their communities? Has the medium become too commercialised?
In this episode of The Stream, we speak to:
Gaia
Street artist
Instagram.com/gaiastreetart
Yazan Halwani @YazanHalwani
Mural artist
Daku
Graffiti artist
daku156.com
RJ Rushmore @vandalog
Art curator and blogger
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Published On 4 Aug 2015