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One of the richest movements in street art has been the development of an alternative, crafts-based, three-dimensional movement, broadly identified as Street Craft. This new generation of artists is creating uncommissioned, site-specific works employing a range of art and craft techniques, including...

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Main Author: Kuittinen, Riikka (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: London Thames & Hudson, 2015.
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Summary: One of the richest movements in street art has been the development of an alternative, crafts-based, three-dimensional movement, broadly identified as Street Craft. This new generation of artists is creating uncommissioned, site-specific works employing a range of art and craft techniques, including weaving, crocheting, sculpting, painting, gardening, light installation, and more.
Physical Description: 223 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 9780500517840
0500517843
Author Notes: Riikka Kuittinen is a freelance curator and writer. A contributing writer to the online journal Photomonitor , she curated the V&A show 'Street Art: Contemporary Prints' (2010-12), which toured the UK, with a version shown in Libya. She is the author of Street Art: Contemporary Prints , and contributed to Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design, Modernism 1914-1939: Designing a New World and 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die .