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Mural and homeless man in San Francisco Mission District
Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
Graffiti murals on walls around school playground; School Number 15 is seen in the background.
Mural on building at 2050 Bryant Street in the Mission District, San Francisco, California
Graffiti murals on walls around school playground; School Number 15 is seen in the background.
A red wall with graffiti on it next to a building. Lisbon lx factory street art.
Commissioned graffiti on the side of Joey Kay's Supermarket, East Main Street.
Scenes along N. Clark St. between Belmont and Sheffield, Chicago, Illinois
Korean and other Asian shops and organizations in the Lakewood neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois
Summary
Image numbers, descriptions: 1-20, scenes of Korean and other Asian shops and organizations on N. Clark St. on or near the 3300-3400 block; 1-3, exterior façade of Korea Food Market; 4-6, Latino-style wall mural on Sheffield, at Clark; 7-8, exterior of Lantern Korean Restaurant; 9-20, Manna Oriental Foods façade, sign, and show windows.
Street art has evolved from the early forms of defiant graffiti into a more commercial form of art, as one of the main differences now lies with the messaging. Street art is often meant to provoke thought rather than rejection among the general audience through making its purpose more evident than that of graffiti. The issue of permission has also come at the heart of street art, as graffiti is usually done illegally, whereas street art can nowadays be the product of an agreement or even sometimes a commission. However, it remains different from traditional art exposed in public spaces by its explicit use of said space in the conception phase.