Street art

Introduction.

All of us got accustomed to understand painting, music, theatre, literature, etc by the term “art’. But nowadays a huge amount of art streams exists, some of them have a lot of representatives and fans, some of them don`t. With the help of Internet Resources you can take a closer look at the conception of the Street Art.

With the help of each Resource Link try to find information and answer the questions below. After finding all the answers, move to the Big Question to bring your ideas together in a broader understanding of the topic.

The Questions                                                                    

1.    How graffiti became art?

2.    Do you suppose graffiti to be a vandalism or an art?

3.    What forms of street art do exist?

4.    Russian street art: imitation or originality?

5.    Who is Banksy – a vandal upstart or a genius artist?

Internet Resources

Question 1:

http://www.timeout.com/london/art/how-graffiti-became-art

Question 2, 3:

http://artradarjournal.com/2010/01/21/what-is-street-art-vandalism-graffiti-or-public-art-part-i/

Question 4:

http://postsovietgraffiti.com/the-history-of-street-art-in-russia-part-one/

Question 5:

http://www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/index1.html

The Big question

After reading about Street Art try to express your opinion on the theme. To your mind, does the street art have a chance to become an integral part of Art or do you believe that it is a crime and all its representatives must stop their creativity?