Street art is an umbrella term defining forms of visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The term gained popularity during the graffiti art boom of the early 1980s and continues to be applied to subsequent incarnations. Stencil graffiti, wheatpasted poster art or sticker art, and street installation or sculpture are common forms of modern street art. Video projection, yarn bombing and Lock On sculpture became popularized at the turn of the 21st century. _ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_art
the best street artists
Banksy
"Banksy" is a pseudonym for this artist who has created stenciled pieces of street art demonstrating his opinions on the government. He is an England based artist, and this piece may be the most famous street artwork.
Borondo
Borondo is a Spanish street artist corn in the late 1980's. He is one of the artists who has made his way into the modern art world.
David Walker
Another known artist, Walker uses spray paint to make his free-hand street art. He is known for his portraits that utilize a layering technique.
Eyesaw
Eyesaw is known for their multi-media street work at bus-stops. This is just one of the artists many works using this technique.
Pavel Puhov
Pejac
This artists work are scattered around Spain and Russia. This one shows the world literally going down the drain. What's note-worthy is the positioning of the world, with the lower hemisphere filtering directly down the sewer.
Edgar Mueller
The Crevasse- Many of his other works show similar ideas playing with the idea of waterfalls, caverns and lava
This painting spans 400 meters of the street and shows the optical illusion of drops of rushing water.
Nicholas Arndt
This German artists typically paints animals, sometimes utilizing the basic crayon.
Kurt Wenner
Leon Kerr
These terracotta soldiers are in Sarasota
MESA
Spanish based artist who mostly sticks to black and white portraits.