Contemporary Street Art and the Art Market
Guiding principles of street art
How do these principles compare to those of other kinds of artists?
The impact of street art
On communities
On politics
On the level and nature of public interaction with art and how the public views art
Notable contemporary street artists
Basquiat
Banksy
Keith Haring
Street art and the art market
Street artists and symbolic capital
Where market interests collide with artistic principles
Street art and dealers, galleries, and museums
How do museum exhibitions affect the value for works included?
Art and accessibility
Does street art uniquely broaden access to the arts, doing more than other forms of art do to render art a public asset and remove it from the sole propriety of the wealthy/elite? How might this process affect its value in the art market?
Working List of References
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mat-gleason/street-art-market-collaps_b_856756.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXGV2H8i2To
http://blogs.forbes.com/tamarawarren/2011/04/29/art-in-the-streets-autos-at-moca/
http://blog.vandalog.com/2010/10/the-art-market-makes-no-sense/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703864204576317260315412944.html
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http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/travel/09weekend.html
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http://www.artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2570
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