street artist
Urban wall painter
A street artist creates visual art in public spaces—murals, graffiti, stencil work, wheat-paste posters, or installations on walls, sidewalks, and buildings.
The term emphasizes artistic intent over vandalism, though the work is often unauthorized: Banksy is the world's most famous street artist.
Street artists may work anonymously to avoid prosecution or cultivate mystique.
Pressurized pigment in cans
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
- aerosolMist in gas
- stencilCutout pattern for painting
throw-up · piece · caps · nozzles · crew · tagger · bombing · underpass
Narrow urban passage
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- concreteSolid building mixture
- metropolisLarge important city
- wheatpasteStarch-based adhesive
paste-up · sticker · decals · hip-hop · underground · reclaim · skatepark · gentrification
Full of varied hues
- boldCourageous and daring
- vibrantFull of life, intensity
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- vividIntensely clear and bright
eye-catching · neon · fluorescent · psychedelic · dynamic · saturated · striking · raw
Wall-applied artwork
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- public artAccessible outdoor creative works
- façadeFalse outward appearance
community · restoration · large-scale · fresco · trompe-l'oeil · collaboration · panorama · tableau
Wordless expressive performer
- human statuePerson posing motionlessly as art
- jugglerMulti-object thrower-catcher
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
- magicianPerformer of illusions
stilt-walker · fire-eater · contortionist · puppeteer · unicyclist · beatboxer · balloonist · living statue
spraypaint
Pressurized pigment in cans
stencil · throw-up · piece · caps · nozzles · crew · tagger · bombing · underpass · buffing
alleyway
Narrow urban passage
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- concreteSolid building mixture
- metropolisLarge important city
wheatpaste · paste-up · sticker · decals · hip-hop · underground · reclaim · skatepark · gentrification · subculture
colorful
Full of varied hues
- boldCourageous and daring
- vibrantFull of life, intensity
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
vivid · eye-catching · neon · fluorescent · psychedelic · dynamic · saturated · striking · raw · edgy
mural
Wall-applied artwork
- commissionPayment for services rendered
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- public artAccessible outdoor creative works
façade · community · restoration · large-scale · fresco · trompe-l'oeil · collaboration · panorama · tableau · iconography
mime
Wordless expressive performer
- human statuePerson posing motionlessly as art
- jugglerMulti-object thrower-catcher
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
magician · stilt-walker · fire-eater · contortionist · puppeteer · unicyclist · beatboxer · balloonist · living statue · illusionist
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
crowd · performance · tips · passerby · amplifier · acoustic · repertoire · pitch · pavement · pedestrian
- living statuesliving statue, human statue, stillness, pedestal, classical pose
- local artistsmuralist
- creatorsauthor, composer, designer, inventor, maker
- art peoplepainter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramicist, printmaker
- creativesartists, painter, painters, illustrators, designer
- cultural creatorsmusician, dancer, singer, writer, poet
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