Street art is visual art, developed in public spaces unsanctioned art, as opposed to council sponsored initiatives, vandalism, or violent graffiti…’Street’ artists are questioning the existing environment within their own language. They attempt to use their work to engage and communicate with everyday people about socially relevant themes, in ways that are informed by aesthetic values without being imprisoned by them. We are very lucky to have on our panel of judges Cedar Lewisohn whose acclaimed book Abstract Graffiti deals with the question, “What is street art?, What is graffiti? In general street art seems to be regarded as graffiti-lite with the awkward illegal bits removed!” says Cedar.
The best known street artist in the UK is Bristol born Banksy with his challenging often controversial street dialogue, and infamous anonymity.
