A new kind of street art has been appearing in the UK recently. These are not the usual spray-painted slogans and stencil figures that have become so commonplace over recent years. What we’re seeing now is a new style of street art, which is much more subtle and perceptive than its predecessors.

Some might argue this is not really street art at all; it’s more an artful approach to flyposting. Others may feel that the term ‘street art’ has become so loosely defined that it now encompasses anything from graffiti to poster campaigns. But look at the work being produced by people like Ollystudio and you’ll see that it does fit into the street art genre.

This new wave of street artists is creating work that gets noticed for its visual impact alone but which also communicates something on another level; its power lies in the way it causes you to stop and think about what you’re looking at. As such, it’s more akin to traditional advertising than it is to the Banksy-style of street art, which relies on its shock factor to make an impact.

There are some great examples around London, but there are two particular artists who have really caught my eye recently: Ollystudio and The Kids Don’t Cry. O

Street art is a form of artwork that is displayed in a community on its surrounding buildings, streets, and other publicly viewed surfaces. Many instances come in the form of guerrilla art, which is composed to make a public statement about the society that the artist lives within. The work has moved from the beginnings of graffiti and vandalism to new modes where artists work to bring messages, or just simple beauty, to an audience.

The term “Street Art” started to appear alongside “Urban Art” in the 1990s, although Street Art can be traced back to the 1920s and 30s when groups such as Dada and Surrealism used street demonstrations as an anti-war protest tool. In 1950 Letterist International and Situationist International gathered influences from Dada and Surrealism and combined it with ideas of Marxist theory and psychogeography to create what became known as avante-garde movements. In 1968 The Arts Laboratory in London hosted the first events of Performance Art in Britain. In 1970 Richard Long created his first land art partaking in a kind of performance art. By 1975 muralists like John Fekner, Lee Quinones and Crash (John Matos) were active on the streets of New York City creating political pieces of graffiti art often with a strong message

Many people are fascinated by street art. It’s a form of expression that takes place in the public sphere, reaching a wide audience. We see it every day, we walk past it and sometimes we get inspired by it. Most street artists express their creativity through graffiti; however, there is another type of street art that is not so well known about: Performance Art.

Performance Art is a broad term for art that is created in front of an audience and uses the body as the artistic medium. Street Artists use the city and its people as inspiration and create their performances directly on the streets. The artworks range from strange to funny to beautiful to thought-provoking. Through this activity, they hope to raise awareness of social issues and influence people’s perceptions of everyday life.

In London you can find many talented performance artists all over Covent Garden – one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions! These performers are always happy to chat with you about what they do or even let you have a go yourself!

Every day Covent Garden attracts thousands of people from all over the world. From the tourists that are visiting London for the first time to the City workers that come to enjoy their lunch hour. All these people walk through the Piazza and along James Street, but how many actually notice what’s around them?

Covent Garden is home to some amazing street artists that are often overlooked by passers-by. To celebrate their talent, we’ve selected some of our favourites and put together a guide to the best street art in Covent Garden.

Take a tour of the area and see how many you can spot!

“People think that street art is done in the middle of the night by criminals, but it’s not. It’s done by normal people like me.”

It isn’t just the law that can make life hard for street artists: it’s also people who don’t like what they do. Street artists often have to deal with their work being whitewashed, or even painted over by other artists looking for a canvas.

“I’ve had my work destroyed before,” says another artist, known as “Risk”. “It was strange because the person who did it is a well-known street artist in America, and he came out here and did it to mine. But I don’t really care about notoriety or fame – I just want to paint.”

Street art is a term used to define types of visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. The term gained popularity during the graffiti art boom of the early 1980s and continues to be applied to subsequent incarnations. Throughout the 1990s, street artists started moving from the street to indoor galleries to exhibit their work, eventually calling themselves “contemporary urban artists” or “post-graffiti”.

Street art is often motivated by a sociological or political agenda and developed through a process of subcultural participation. Many artists participate in institutionalized art worlds such as museums and galleries, but street artists are typically not affiliated with these institutions. Such participation might include public exhibitions curated by established curators, commissions for permanent artwork, or commercial contracts for advertising. Street art is sometimes considered “post-graffiti” and encompasses many other artistic forms.

The relationship between “street” artists and city officials can be tense; however, some cities support the arts by providing walls for graffiti and murals. For example, in 2003 the City of Melbourne commissioned artist Rone to produce an artwork on buildings in an area frequented by graffitists.

In 2007 the United Kingdom’s Home Office introduced new guidelines to

For artists, the internet is a tool to be used. It can facilitate the sharing of ideas and images, which can lead to greater exposure and recognition. But what happens when the internet becomes not just a tool but also a medium?

An artistic medium is a means of expression that an artist uses to convey a message. The artist manipulates the medium in order to create something that evokes emotion or thought from viewers. Some examples of traditional artistic media include painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography.

Some argue that the internet is just a tool for distributing art made using traditional media; others believe it has become an artistic medium in its own right.

In my opinion, the internet is still just a tool for distributing art made using traditional media. Artists can use websites or social media platforms to share their work with millions of people around the world almost instantly. However, these platforms are simply tools for sharing art created elsewhere – this does not make them artistic media in themselves.

I will now consider the arguments against my position. Some argue that the internet should be considered an artistic medium because it enables artists to create works that would not be possible in any other way. In particular, they point to online art communities such as DeviantArt, where users interact and collaborate