Street poster art

A variety of street posters on an abandoned billboard in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California.

Street poster art is a kind of graffiti, more specifically categorized as "street art". Posters are usually handmade or printed graphics on thin paper. It can be understood as an art piece that is installed on the streets as opposed to in a gallery or museum, but by some it is not comprehended as a form of contemporary art.

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HAPPY (artist) Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia
Nakameguro, Tokyo, Japan

E Pluribus Venom by Shepard Fairey (2008) Gingko Press.
Philosophy of Obey (Obey Giant): The Formative Years (1989 - 2008), edited by Sarah Jaye Williams (2008), Nerve Books UK.
Obey: Supply & Demand, The Art of Shepard Fairey by Shepard Fairey (2006), Gingko Press.
Popaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English by Ron English(2004) Last Gasp
RE/Search: Pranks 2 by V Vale(2006) RE/Search Publications

Street art

Culture	Activism Aerosol paint Culture jamming Direct action Graffiti (terminology use theory) Guerrilla art Hip hop culture Installation art Murals Propaganda Reverse graffiti Screenprinting Spray paint art Stencil graffiti Sticker art Subway Art Yarn bombing Wheatpaste

Lists of artists	Street Graffiti Poster Stencil Wheatpaste

Places	Atlanta Berlin (Berlin Wall) Hong Kong (Free Ai Weiwei campaign) Melbourne New York City (5 Pointz) Philadelphia San Francisco (Balmy Alley Clarion Alley) São Paulo (Beco do Batman) Southeastern Brazil (pichação) Sydney (Newtown area) Tehran Toronto

Events	The Cans Festival Living Walls See No Evil

Related articles	Built environment MTA Public art Public space Psychogeography Rapid transit Street party Urban acupuncture Urban planning Vandalism

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