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street art

Defining Street Art

  As a part of a larger project to define a glossary of terms relating to social practice art forms and movements, the following entry attempts to define street art. “Street Art refers to a set of artistic practices produced in public, often urban, settings that are intended to be seen by the general population …

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Inside Out: The People’s Art Project

Embodied Knowledges deals with ideas of how we show our presence in a place.  For Marina Abramović and Fred Wilson, their presence was marked simply by being in the room with their audience rather than by any particular action.  Inside Out is a project by French artist JR, who takes portraits of people from around …

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