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Introducing guest artist logo {re}designs for Street Art SF

The logo for Street Art SF is changing and evolving like words on the street. Our first guest artist made several new options for our virtual wall. Help me choose. Which one do you like best?

JR’s TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out

“Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.” ( JR)

JR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases.

Images of faces from the Inside Out Project are appearing around San Francisco. Find out what it’s all about and join or help the movement here.

WSJ asks if Graffiti is art

The WSJ asks if Graffiti is art? A quick video from them re:The Street is Art Exhibit @ MOCA.
 

art/ärt/Noun

1. The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.2. Works produced by such skill and imagination.

Yes, I think graffiti clearly qualifies. Perhaps their question arose from thinking that vandalism and art are mutually exclusive?
More info on the exhibit for Art in The Streets