Street installation

Street installations are a growing trend within the "street art" movement. Whereas conventional street art/graffiti is done on surfaces/walls "street installations" use 3-D objects/space to enhance/interact/interfere with the urban environment . Like graffiti, it is non-permission based and once the object/sculpture is installed it is left there by the artist. Street Installations are sometimes designed to be taken/moved by the public as part of interactive and ongoing "life" of the art work. Unlike graffiti, street installations are generally designed in such a way that no damage is done to the property or location in which the installation is placed.

Artists

Artists who are exploring or who have explored this field include:

• above
• Revs
• Mark Jenkins
• Leon Reid IV
• Brad Downey
• Banksy
• Mark Divo
• El Celso
• Graffiti Research Lab
• Invader (artist)
• Lennie Lee
• Mark McGowan
• Nsumi
• Patrick Moya (French)
• Will St Leger
• WAZA,China

See also

• Art intervention
• Culture jamming
• Graffiti
• Installation art
• Roundabout dog
• Street art
• Salon des Tree

References

External links

• Banksy "Artist's cold call cuts off phone" (BBC) [1]
• Darius Jones (Leon Reid) on Australian Public Radio [2]
• Mark Jenkins Interview with The Morning News [3]
• Skewville New York City duo known for their urban/architectural installations
• Wooster Collective's sub-category for street installations [4]
• New York Times article about the 2006 street art show at 11 Spring in New York's SoHo, which includes references to various installation artists