One could argue that today’s Street Art could be the most important aesthetic movement of our time. A joyous anarchic reflection of our needs, wants and fears splattered, scribbled and painted on a wall or sign on your way to work.
Whilst groups like the Wooster Collective try to carry the flag for the movement, PSFK doubts that the mainstream are going to take much notice until some clever marketer, sorry we mean curator, puts them bang in front of people’s faces (again) in MoMa or the Tate Modern.
But what’s really interesting is that by monitoring the street art monitors we get the feeling that Street Art is getting away from Elizabeth Street and Brick Lane and going a little rural. Yes, Mayor Bloomie might be trying to crack down on it in the hinterland of New York but when one notices the rural spots going on, then there must be a deeper cultural shift (which we haven’t spent too long thinking about – suggestions welcome of course!).
Take for example the spot on WC about the girl in deep rural Germany who went for a walk in a wintry forest and found a "little stenciled friend on an old concrete block." Then there’s all that vegetation effect daubed onto signs on a dusty track in Dubai and also those colorful illustrations stuck up in Ankara, Turkey.
Sara from Wooster Collective told PSFK,
"We believe that the internet has really fueled the movement of street art in rural locations. We often receive emails from people saying, ‘No one in my town does this – I love seeing the work online – and got inspired.’ It is really incredible!"
Maybe these won’t get on MoMa’s list of possibles but that doesn’t matter! What better time to visit the country?!
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