Guerrilla+Art

= What is Guerrilla Art? =

Guerilla art, or street art, is any art which is created for display in public spaces, specifically art not sanctioned or commissioned by governmental entities. Artists attempt to have their work communicate something with the people who view it. The terms 'street art,' 'guerrilla art', and 'post-graffiti' are often used to describe such conversation creating art in order to distinguish it from "territorial graffiti," vandalism, and corporate art.

====The Charging Bull is an example of guerrilla art. It was not commissioned, or initially sanctioned in any way. However, it captured the hearts of the people and has become a permanent fixture in the city of New York. Most guerrilla art is far less permanent, though a few guerrilla artists end up attaining fame, recognition, and commissions for other art work because of their contributions to the public art conversation.====

Check out the [|yarn-bombing] of the Charging Bull - continuing this guerrilla art conversation:


=__**Teachers:**__= ====Extend the discussion by having your students choose memorials, statues, or other 3D art around Atlanta and propose a possible Guerrilla Art campaign for that piece. Show them this example of Olek using her own art to supplement Arturo's.====

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====Make sure to remind the students that Olek did not do any damage to the original piece. Instead, she participated in artistic dialogue by adding her own voice (temporarily) the the orignial artist's. Then encourage them to explore their own intrests to apply to existing art around Atlanta. They can either print the image and then draw their suggestions or encourage them to create 3D replicas and then apply their Guerrilla Art ideas to the 3D replica.====

====Have the students write about the conversation that the original piece is creating through the same uses of artistic technique and analysis that we have used in this wiki, and have them consider all elements of the conversation like location, culture, and the piece itself. Then have them justify their artwork additions to show how they are either changing the conversation or supplementing it through their additions.====