STREET ART countries (Second Book )

STREET ART countries

COUNTRIES It is an interesting question: How many countries have street art?

In this chapter, we find 36 states that have some kind of manifestation of graffiti or street art. If we look at Bhutan, you see more of a religious or traditional approach originating from a long history. Graffiti arose from ancient times, which is well-established knowledge. Street art has a more open public approach, often illegal, situated in an urban landscape. Still, the quality, the artists “height,” can be devastatingly low or brilliantly high. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” declared by writer Margaret Wolfe Hungerford in the 19th century, which surely applies in graffiti and street art. We find political, propaganda, sense of humor, copy­ cats, artists copying another artist, guerilla art, new technics, and new materials. The expressions are endless. Novice artists and art school students are side by side with a skilled artist. The internet is perfect to spread the word about newly found pieces or to know when somebody has tagged your artwork; it binds global communities together. The popularity of this form of artistic expression is well known among the public, although many times seen as illegal, criminal activity. The divisions between graffiti and street art have increasingly blurred and are performed side by side in a more tolerant society.

FRANCE 203 DENMARK 209 GERMANY 229 ITALY 237 SWEDEN 249 SVALBARD 279 POLEN 280 FINLAND 283 LITHUANIA 289 UKRAINE 303 RUSSIA 315 MAURITIUS 327 KAZAKHSTAN 343 UZBEKISTAN 345 TAJIKISTAN 348 INDIA 351 NEPAL 363 BHUTAN 367

CHINA 371 HONG KONG 379 JAPAN 393 NEW ZEALAND 397 CANADA 419 GREENLAND 425 UNITED STATES 429 COSTA RICA 461 NICARAGUA 483 CUBA 497 ECUADOR 514 CHILE 517 ARGENTINA 527 BRASIL 540 FALKLANDS ISLANDS 543 ANTARTICA 544 ICELAND 547 MAROCCO 567

COUNTRIES • GREENLAND (DANISH) 58-61

• ALASKA (USA) 429

• CANADA 419

• UNITED STATES 429

• CUBA 497

• NICARAGUA 483 • COSTA RICA 461

• ECUADOR 514

• BRASIL 540

Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Mean Time is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, reckoned from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a precise time unless a context is given.

• CHILE 517

• ARGENTINA 527

• FALKLAND ISLANDS 543

• ANTARTIC 544

• SVALBARD (NORWAY) 279

• ICELAND 547 • FINLAND 283 • SWEDEN 249

• RUSSIA 315 • DENMARK 209 • LITHUANIA 289 • POLAND 280 • GERMANY 229 • UKRAINE 303 • FRANCE 203 • ITALY 237

• KAZAKHSTAN 343

• UZBEKISTAN 345 • TAJIKISTAN 58-61 • JAPAN 393

• CHINA 371

• MAROCCO 567

• NEPAL 363 • BHUTAN 367 • INDIA 351

• HONG KONG (China) 379 • VIETNAM 579

• MAURITIUS 327

• NEW ZEALAND 397

Greenwich Mean Time Zone

FRANCE

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DENMARK

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GERMANY

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ITALY

237

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NEW ZEALAND

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