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Allie Christisen
Corrine Holke-Farnam
Cornerstone 21
20 November 2014
Research Question
The topic that I chose for my informative project is street art. I became really interested
street art and started studying street artists while I was a senior in high school. Last year was my
favorite year in terms of art classes; our new art teacher, Mr. Hanson, helped me open up to
different mediums that Im not used to working with. For example, we did a spray painting unit,
where we studied street artists work and we even had the opportunity to make a spray paint
piece of our own. We watched a documentary called Exit Through the Gift Shop and I instantly
fell in love with street art, especially Banksys work. For my informative speech I am going to
talk about some of the most renowned graffiti artist in the world like Banksy, Space Invader,
Shephard Fairey, JR, Blu, and Keith Haring. Im going to start off by researching about each
artists personal life which would include their age, hometown, and any other basic information.
For each of these artist I am also going to research information about their unique styles of
artwork, the meaning behind their pieces, and how much their artwork sells for. Im also going to
briefly talk about the laws and restrictions that are put on street art and graffiti, along with the
censorship of it.
Research Process
In my research process I found a wide variety of different forms of reliable resources. I
found the articles and books by searching my topic on the One Search data base through the Rod
Library website. I also searched for the official websites of the artists I was researching to get

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credible information on them. I made sure to choose sources that are from recent years so they
are more relevant. I didnt have very many complications finding credible sources during my
research.
Annotated Bibliography
"About Space Invader - Artist Biography." Stencil Revolution RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov.
2014.
Space Invader is a 43 year old French street artist, and the cousin of the filmmaker of Exit
Through the Gift Shop, Thierry Guetta also referred to as Mr. Brainwash. Invaders art
relies heavily on the use of mosaics. Invader started off making mosaics of the villains in
the arcade game Space Invaders, and installed them all over the streets of Paris. Space
Invader has travelled all over the world to places including Berlin, Miami, New York,
Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Hollywood. Invaders mission is to invade city by installing his
mosaics over a span of a few weeks. I found this source on the One Search database
through the Rod Library website.

Banksy. Wall and Piece. London: Century, 2005. Print

Wall and Piece is an autobiography that showcases many works of art that Banksy has
created and is a collection of his experiences and stories as a street artist. A lot of
Banksys work revolves around the ideas of peace, justice and freedom. In this book he
talks about the inspirations for his pieces of artwork and his adventures installing them.
Im going to include one of the quotes Banksy wrote in his book in my speech. He talks
about how graffiti is not the lowest form of art and the people who run our cities dont
understand graffiti because they believe nothing has the right to exist unless it makes

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profit. He also talks about how the people who truly deface our communities are the
companies that try to convince you to buy products with the use of billboards. Banksy
also says, Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better
place. Some people become vandals to make the world a better looking place. This is a
credible source because it is a book written by Banksy himself. Therefore, all of the
information included is based off of first-hand experiences.

DeNotto, Michael1. "Street Art And Graffiti." College & Research Libraries News 75.4 (2014):
208-211.Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 19
Nov. 2014.
The beginning of this article talks about the origins of graffiti and street art and how these
terms are defined. Graffiti comes from the Italian word graffiare meaning to scratch, as
in on a surface. Today, graffiti means any sort of unsanctioned application of a substance,
whether its spray paint, pencil markings, or even stickers. The present day graffiti style
began in the 1970s in New York City, NY. The most common form of graffiti is a tag,
which is the artists signature. Societys perception on graffiti is changing over time and
is now recognized as a legitimate source of academic study. Its not as common for
society to view graffiti as purposefully destructive as graffitis intent to beautify the
urban environment. This article was written by Michaell DeNotto, who is an instruction
librarian at St. Marys University of Minnesota, which makes it a credible resource.

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Ellsworth-Jones, Will. "Art Attack." Smithsonian 43.10 (2013): 68. MasterFILE Premier. Web.
11 Nov. 2014.
This article was very useful in my research on the graffiti artist known as Banksy. This
article covered most of Banksys art career from the early 2000s to 2013. This article is a
timeline of Banksys life, talking about most of the places he has bombed with his
artwork. Banksys artwork has been showcased all around the world including the cities
of Vienna, San Francisco, Barcelona, Paris, and Detroit. The name Banksy was derived
from the name Robin Banks meaning Robbing Banks. Some of the most useful
information from this article was about some of his most renowned pieces of artwork and
the stories or inspirations behind them. Some of the pieces that were talked about
included his murals on the concrete wall in Israel, the vandalized phone box, and the
painted elephant. This article is credible because it was featured in the Smithsonian.

Exit Through the Gift Shop. Dir. Thierry Guetta. Perf. Banksy. 2010. Film.
This documentary was filmed by Thierry Guetta, a French shop keeper and amateur film
maker. He travelled around the world following some of the most renowned graffiti
artists. He filmed artists including Invader, Shephard Fairey, and Banksy. He filmed
artists while they were working in their studios and also while they were installing their
works on the streets. The documentary also includes many interviews of Thierry, Banksy,
Shephard Fairey, Invader, and many other artists. This documentary is credible because it
follows the street artists in their everyday lives.

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"Haring, Keith." Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (2014): 1p. 1. Funk & Wagnalls
New World Encyclopedia. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
Keith Haring was an American graffiti artist who drew stick-like drawings of dancing
people and animals. His art appeared in art galleries and museums in addition to on the
streets. Keith Haring dropped out of art school in Pittsburgh and moved to New York
City to study at the School of Visual Arts. He began drawing chalk sketches on unused
advertisement spaces in the subway systems. As he continued with his chalk drawings, he
gained more and more recognition as a street artist. Keith died in 1990 due to AIDS, but
up until his death he held more than 40 one-man shows and sold paintings for up to
$350,000. This passage about Keith Haring is a credible source because it was included
in an encyclopedia.

Inside Out: The Peoples Art Project. Dir. Alastair Siddons Perf. JR. 2013. Film.
This documentary focuses on the French photographer and street artist known as JR and
the art project he created for people all around the world to participate in. In 2011 JR won
the TED Prize and his wish was to turn the world inside out and give his art back to the
people. He did so by creating his global participatory project, which invited people to
take portrait photographs and his team would print them off and send them back for you
to install anywhere you would like. JRs project affected people from all over the world
including Tunisia, Haiti, North Dakota, and Pakistan. The documentary follows
individuals and groups of people pasting their portraits in the streets, and it gives them
the opportunity to tell their stories. This film is a credible source because its a
documentary that follows JR and his organizations story.

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Kalfatovic, Martin R. "Keith Allen Haring." American National Biography (From Oxford
University Press) (2010): Research Starters. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
Keith haring was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and attended Kutztown High School.
After high school Keith dropped out of the Ivy School of Art in Pittsburgh, then moved to
New York City and entered the School for the Visual Arts. Keith Haring became a
regular contributor to the design, dcor, and events at the Mudd Club and Club 57. The
clubs and venues he went to created an atmosphere for artists to experiment with a wide
variety of art mediums. Keiths art was inspired by poetry readings, performance art,
dance, and music. Keith Harings earliest influences were the American artist Robert
Henri, the French artists Pierre Alinchensky and Jean Dubbefet, and the cartoonists Walt
Disney, Dr. Seuss, and Charles Schultz. In the late 1980s he began drawing on blank
advertising panels in New Yorks subway stations. Keith also had art exhibitions at the
Mudd Club which brought upon his artwork selling for thousands of dollars. In 1986
Keith opened the Pop Shop on Lafayette in New York where he sold products with his art
on them. Keith Haring has painted murals in Melbourne, Australia, the Walker Art Center
in Minneapolis, the Childrens Village orphanage in Dobbs Ferry, New York, the UN
headquarters in New York, and many other places around the world. In 1987 Keith was
diagnosed with Kaposis sarcoma and then diagnosed with AIDS, which caused his death
in 1990. This article is a credible source because it was featured in the Oxford University
Press.

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"Street Art Bio | Street Artists Biographies." Street Art Bio | Street Artists Biographies. N.p., n.d.
Web. 18 Nov. 2014.
This website is a biography about the artist Blus life and his artwork. Blu is an Italian
street artist who has been involved in the street art scene since 1999. His work can be
seen all over the world and is easily recognizable due to his unique style. He is known for
creating epic upscale murals painted in urban and industrial areas. Blu started painting
graffiti with spray paint, but his style transformed with his use of house paint. He started
using paint rollers and telescopic sticks to paint large-scale murals of human figures that
were often sarcastic in appearance. A lot of his works of art resemble comic or video
game art. Along with graffiti, Blu has also experimented with digital animation. He has
put together his graffiti and animation skills to make stop motion animations out of his
paintings. One of the most famous animations is titled Muto. Blu has travelled to many
destinations around the world to paint murals.

"Welcome to Inside Out Project | Inside Out Project." Welcome to Inside Out Project | Inside Out
Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014.
This is the official website of The Inside Out Project that was created by the artist JR. In
2011 JR won the TED prize and called for the creation of a global participatory art
project that could change the world, project was called Inside Out. Inspired by JRs largeformat street pastings, Inside Out gives people around the world the opportunity to
share their portraits and make a statement for what they stand for. Every Inside Out group
action is documented and exhibited online. About 200,000 people from more than 112

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countries have participated in the Inside Out project. This website is credible because it is
the official website for JRs organization Inside Out.