Types of Urban Art

Graffiti: without a doubt, the most popular manifestation of street art is graffiti. These are stylized drawings generally made with spray paint on the walls of buildings, tunnels and streets. Art, however, has expanded and currently there are several techniques such as 3D work, which attracts a lot of attention;

Presentations: presentations are carried out individually or in groups. They are held on the streets and can be theatrical, musical or circus, such as jugglers and clowns, who are at traffic lights;

Installations: any type of distinct object or material used with the aim of bringing about a change in the existing scenario. Currently, numerous types of artistic installations are found as examples of street art;

Stencil: quite similar to graffiti, this type of technique uses cut paper as a template and spray to fix the illustrations and drawings;

Posters: this is a very common type of urban intervention, where posters are posted throughout the city;

Stickers and Collage: also called “sticker art”, this type of art uses the application of stickers;

Poems: any type of literary manifestation that appears in the urban environment, whether on benches, walls, poles, buses, etc.;

Living Statues: statues are a very unusual example of Urban Art. Typically, artists present themselves painted and characterized. Widely found in large cities as a form of tourist entertainment, living statues do important work with the body.

For a long time, most street artistic manifestations (graffiti) were carried out without prior authorization from the person responsible for the space, taking into account everything from the use of residential and business walls to the occupation of squares.

Faced with this situation, art gained a reputation as marginal, making many artists unwanted and considered criminals, even when they express themselves in public places.

Finally, although full of prejudices, the conceptual and critical nature of Urban Art is what most attracts young people to this culture, even maintaining its growth. And the aesthetic character of graffiti has attracted more and more artists to the Urban Art movement.