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Street art vs. public art

Published 11:17 AM EDT, Thu August 2, 2012
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Street art in <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-797467">Seattle, Washington</a>.
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Street art in Seattle, Washington.
Marilynn Shcolnik
Public art <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-798188">light installation</a> was a part of the Marina Bay sustainable light art festival in Singapore.
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Public art light installation was a part of the Marina Bay sustainable light art festival in Singapore.
Jerry C. Gonzales
Street art spray painted under a bridge in <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-795655">Asheville, North Carolina</a>.
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Street art spray painted under a bridge in Asheville, North Carolina.
Gino Tucillo
This street art was captured four years ago by an iReporter in <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-795011">Amsterdam, Netherlands</a>.
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This street art was captured four years ago by an iReporter in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Lulis Leal
The <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-795381">crocheted bicycle</a> was a part of an art installation by a Polish artist name Agata Oleksiak, according to iReporter Lulis Leal. She captured this photograph in New York, New York.
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The crocheted bicycle was a part of an art installation by a Polish artist name Agata Oleksiak, according to iReporter Lulis Leal. She captured this photograph in New York, New York.
Lulis Leal
<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-797360">Public art in Montevideo, Uruguay</a>. iReporter Catherine Villar describes the piece as "Constructive Universalism," which is an art theory pioneered by Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García, whose works were mostly destroyed by a fire in the late 1970s.
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Public art in Montevideo, Uruguay. iReporter Catherine Villar describes the piece as "Constructive Universalism," which is an art theory pioneered by Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García, whose works were mostly destroyed by a fire in the late 1970s.
Catherine Villar
<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-782454">iReporter Cristina Garcia from Lisbon, Portugal</a>, says street art is popular among young people and community urban artists in their area.
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iReporter Cristina Garcia from Lisbon, Portugal, says street art is popular among young people and community urban artists in their area.
Cristina Garcia
"The Blue Trees" is a part of a <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-795836">public art installation in Seattle, Washington</a>, in the downtown area. The art installation is by Australian artist, Konstantin Dimopoulos.
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"The Blue Trees" is a part of a public art installation in Seattle, Washington, in the downtown area. The art installation is by Australian artist, Konstantin Dimopoulos.
Marilynn Shcolnik
<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-782454">iReporter Cristina Garcia from Lisbon, Portugal</a>, says the themes of street art vary from artist to artist, but some express economic and social issues in their art.
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iReporter Cristina Garcia from Lisbon, Portugal, says the themes of street art vary from artist to artist, but some express economic and social issues in their art.
Cristina Garcia
Street art from Rochester, New York. "The culture of street art in Rochester in my opinion is very advanced," <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-798157">iReporter Nick Swann</a> said.
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Street art from Rochester, New York. "The culture of street art in Rochester in my opinion is very advanced," iReporter Nick Swann said.
Nicholas Swann
Street art in urban underpass of <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-821862">Paris, France</a>.
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Street art in urban underpass of Paris, France.
Jean-Pierre Bijouard
Dave Betts says in his neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fireport.cnn.com%2Fdocs%2FDOC-795369">street art is celebrated</a>.
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Dave Betts says in his neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, street art is celebrated.
Dave Betts

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