Murals and Street Art in Philadelphia

Abstract

Street art has certainly gained great significance in Philadelphia, as many youngsters are actively participating in the genre of art. This paper is designed to argue why Philadelphia is so popular for murals and street arts? Mural is a key art form that has become a distinct attribute of highlighting Philadelphia for its innovative art genre. It will also cover how this genre got attention and how community accepted it. Street arts were certainly not new in the world, but Philadelphia has earned world's attention for promoting art genre in a refined manner.

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Introduction1

Discussion1

Why street art so popular in Philadelphia?1

Does Philadelphia need so many murals and street arts?2

Why those artists choose Philadelphia not another city?3

What is the Special meaning (murals) for Philadelphia?4

Do people like it or not?5

How the murals and street art effort the city?6

Conclusion7

Works Cited9

Murals and Street Art in Philadelphia

Introduction

Throughout the world, Philadelphia is famous for its street art and Murals. Currently, more than 3,000 murals are lightening up the streets of Philadelphia. In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia contains large number of murals than any other city. This brightening innovation was accomplished by the Mural Art Program. However, this art form hold great significance in this city, but it certainly raises many questions that why these murals are so popular, especially in Philadelphia? Art is not merely a piece of decoration, but it is the key mode of disclosing hidden realities in an artistic form. Murals are not only introduced for decorating walls of Philadelphia, but this art is purposely used for hiding graffiti. This paper intends to argue on the statement and discover how art became the reason of Philadelphia's popularity in the world.

Discussion

Why street art so popular in Philadelphia?

The story behind the fact that why street art is so popular in Philadelphia contain detail account. In 1984, Wilson Goode, the Mayor initiated the program "Anti-Graffiti Network" for stopping the fashion of expanding spray-paint problem that was spoiling the appearance of buildings throughout the city (Allmer, p73). Wilson Goode discovered that he should the art of graffiti painter instead of fighting against it. This encouragement allowed youth to get involved themselves in organized art projects, instead of spoiling art genre. The first official mural was painted in December of 1984 on the Spring Garden Bridge by a group of 100 kids that featured scenes of the city.

Before Mural arts, street painters used to spoil city's wall by writing their names all over the streets with spray paints and doing rude decorations. This trend gradually increased among youngsters, and they started adopting it as a new fashion for highlighting their art or identity through these graffiti paintings. Graffiti was mainly used by political activists for making street gangs and statements for marking their territory in the city. Graffiti art was certainly a foul decoration that spread threatening vibes throughout the city. This art was started during the middle of late 60s and is grounded in bombing. Two Graffiti writers were credited with the primary conscious ...