Street Art – a webquest

1. Go to : https://blocs.xtec.cat/streetart/definition-of-street-art/street-art-definition-and-techniques/

a. Street art takes place in public places art galleries musuems

b. Street art is allowed by the law (legal) not allowed by the law (illegal)

c. Street artists want to surprise send a message make people think

d. The most important cities of street art are London New York Paris Barcelona

Toronto Los Angeles Sao Paulo Berlin

e. What is the correct number for these techniques?

Graffiti

Sculpture / street installation

Wheatpasting

(paste = coller)

Stencil

Mosaic tiling

1 2 3 4 5

f. Use the pictures to match the technique and the definition (reliez la technique à la définition)

Graffiti assembling smalll pieces of colored glass, stone or other materials to

Create picture or images

Mosaic tiling shapes that are usually made of paper o cardboard; you draw the image

and then you cut it out. After that you spay paint to create your drawing.

Wheatpasting is an adhesive liquid used to stick paper posters to walls and other surfaces

Stencils is maks, scratching or drawings made on a surface on a public building.

2 Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti#History(History and modern-style graffiti)

a. Give examples of where the first graffiti were made:

· ____________________________________________________________________________

· ____________________________________________________________________________

b. What kind of message did ancient graffiti show? _________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

c. What kind of graffiti were found in Pompei? ____________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Go to https://blocs.xtec.cat/streetart/definition-of-street-art/definitionwhat-is-street-art/

Street artists want to express: _________________________, _________________, ________________

4. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti#Europe

- In Great Britain, since August 2004, graffiti is tolerated allowed not allowed

- Teenagers under 16 can must can’t buy aerosol paint.

5. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti#Australia

Many Australian cities let don’t let force graffiti artists paint on designated walls or places.

6. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_in_New_York_City (4th § in “Clean Train Movement era)

Since 1995 in New York, the city council

- let doesn’t let force teenagers under 18 buy aerosol paint cans

- let doesn’t let force merchants who sell aerosol paint lock the paint in a case.

7. Go to https://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_punishment_for_doing_graffiti

In the USA, what is the penalty for doing graffiti? ______________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Go to https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

a. Banksy is a street artist who

wants people to know his real name doesn’t want people to know his real name

b. Name two types of locations where you can se his art: ____________ and ____________________

c. His favourite technique is stickers wheatpastingstencils

d. His favourite themes are ___________________ and ____________________________________