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The world’s most iconic street artists present their provocative works for the first time in Southeast Asia.

From its beginnings in prehistoric cave painting and inscriptions on the walls of Pompeii, to Chinese dazibao and beyond, graffiti – from the Italian verb ‘to scratch’ – has appeared and reappeared throughout history and across civilisations. A new era of graffiti emerged in the second half of the 20th century and took hold at the end of the 1970s spreading rapidly across the globe. Nurtured by the urban rhythms of cities as varied as New York, Paris, Rio and Sydney, the movement’s protagonists developed a dynamic visual culture that has been adapted and reinvented many times since.

Street Art, as it is known today, was born out of an ‘ultimate city’ moment – a point in recent history where artists felt the need to make works that were intended to be seen, or experienced in raw, gritty, urban environments. In doing so these artists developed their own techniques and effects to deliver high-impact messages that ranged from simple signatures to political statements.

Sometimes known as ‘Spray Art’, ‘Graffiti’ or ‘Stencil Art’, art born of the street is almost impossible to fix and categorise as it continues to grow and evolve. Even the term ‘Street Art’ is problematic, as many works today are no longer created in, or for the streets.

Yesterday’s pioneers have become the accomplished artists of today and inspire new generations that in turn go on to push the limits of the movement even further, inventing and renewing again and again. From its urban beginnings Street Art has become a globally recognised medium of artistic expression and is deeply rooted in today’s visual culture. It relates to our contemporary society, making it one of the most valuable artistic movements to emerge in the 20th century.

Curated for ArtScience Museum by Street Art expert and writer Magda Danysz, Art from the Streets explores the movement’s countercultural beginnings and its extraordinary evolution as a contemporary artform. Spanning more than 40 years this exhibition brings together large-scale mural paintings, installations, videos, sketches and archival material from some of the most iconic names in the Street Art movement. To illustrate the vitality and diversity of the movement as it is now, new works by some of the leading names in contemporary Street Art have been commissioned. Created especially for the exhibition and painted directly onto the museum walls, these commissions profile the work of Spanish Street Art sensation Felipe Pantone amongst others and shines a spotlight on urban art in Southeast Asia with the work of Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho and Singaporean artists Speak Cryptic and Yok & Sheryo.

There is a 'CRASH' wording in this picture. The background of this picture is fantastic, and a faint purple pink can be seen in blue. The combination of the use of artistic fonts and background in these few letters feels like the font is rotating.

In this painting, it can be seen that the background is sky-blue and has a feeling of pus. The picture is depicted in the starry sky. This modern artistic style is vivid, beautiful and fantastic. Overall, its looks colorful likes a gouache.

urban space and involves piecing together hundreds of carefully cut stencils to create a coherent imagine cityscape, composed of mechanical and industrial objects.

This style is formed around use of the interesting and braiding lines and is linked to the picture as a musician.

By focusing on the classic style of music, rhythm, lines and colors, street art, gestures and markers and refined.

The wooden products can be observed in this painting. There are about 40 wood pieces on the picture. The patterns carved on the wood chips are people's faces: mouth, eyes and nose. Almost every piece of wood on the five features and appearance are from different people. It reflects the effect of illusion.