Street Art

I picked the article “street Art” by Sweeny, Robert which talks about street art and the important of it. The theme of the article is street art and how can it be use in education especially art education and also like teach it in schools. The work of art that is included is a slab of wall that was removed from a storefront in Haringey, London. It was made by Banksy and it started its career. His work targets young adults since it has to do a lot with political issues like the conflict between Israel and Palestine, police and military in a variety of compromising positions, and images of labor like a child constructing or working. I think that one of the meaning of the article is the appreciation of this from of art which is street art and that some people might see it as wrong since its done on buildings but the work can really have a lot of meaning and can really be translating a message. Also its another from of contemporary art and its a different and great thing to teach in art classes as art educators since its not really taught in schools. The article is really well written and it really explains clearly the story of Banksy and how his street art became known and it also gives a good point in how street art in art classes or as educators it will be a good topic for discussion and how we can learn from street art. I would of like to maybe read more about street art and maybe other artist that are involve in street art and how did they become known since its something that people do not really know who did it. In my classroom in the future I will like to teach about street art is something that interests me but I was never expose to it or taught about it. Also contemporary art is made in so many different forms and places and street art is falls under that category so I think is an important subject to teach students. The article was really good and I really enjoyed reading it.

http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/news/10574627.Tottenham_Banksy_removed_for_sale_at_auction/

Sweeny, R. (2013). SREET art. Art Education, 66(5), 4-5. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1437171918?accountid=13158