Talk:Street painting

Merge: Street painting & Street artists
Merge? I don't see how they can merge. Street painting and street artists are two different things. Pepso 14:43, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

External link
Hello --

I'd like this article to link to www.ViaColori.com. It is the site for the largest group of street painting events in the US. Each year, Via Colori(r), now in seven cities, creates about 1000 street paintings and raises hundreds of thousands of dollars to help sick kids, deaf kids, foster kids, homeless and hungry people and various educational efforts.

Thank you for your consideration.

Rick Compton, RickToo11@juno.com 76.101.9.156 14:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC) Rickadoo 76.101.9.156 14:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Needed Sections
I am not an artist but I am fascinated by these works. I suggest that a section is needed on types of street paintings. I just added a "See Also" wikilink to the anamorphic art technique used in many street paintings, but this really needs to be addressed in the article along with other common techniques that lend themselves well to this art form.

Also, I think it would be appropriate to discuss any special techniques used to (a) prepare the sidewalk/surface, (b) create the work (i.e. how do they "walk" on the unfinished drawing without damaging it?), (c) protect the finished work, and what are the techniques used when the art is intended to be permanent instead of temporary.

Last but not least I think a section on the psychology of artists that create temporary artworks would be on topic. What drives these people to put in days of intense work knowing it will not last. This last section idea probably has related research for artists that create the complex large scale sand sculptures, ice sculptures, and edible artworks along with various other art forms as well.

66.97.213.202 (talk) 10:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Additional citations
Why, what, where, and how does this article need additional citations for verification? Hyacinth (talk) 00:04, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Source article
This article has been correct in the past, but is regularly sabotaged by artists trying to use it for self promotion. A base article is available here: http://kurtwenner.com/images/PDFs/History_of_street_painting_Final.pdf

Unless the page is locked, there will be little hope for it to be informative, which is a pity, as millions of people follow this art form.

IsadoraW (talk) 22:43, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

This page is regularly sabotaged by Michael Kirby, as can easily be understood by reading the text. A better history can be found at http://kurtwenner.com/images/PDFs/History_of_street_painting_Final.pdf  The article needs to be rewritten and locked, because this problem has gone on for over two years. Street painting and pavement art cannot be merged with street artists, as it has a unique history and expression.IsadoraW (talk) 19:28, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * If you believe there is reliable and better info in this pdf, please reproduce it appropriately in the article and cite the article. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:01, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Painters
I have removed the Painters section. This article isn't a list article, and there was no obvious criteria of who should appear in this article, and who should not. There was far too much detail about a few individuals, things that would be far more relevant in their own personal articles, and nothing about anyone else. Perhaps someone wants to start a List of Street Painters (or similar) article? -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:01, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Michael Kirby
As has been noted above previously, this article attracts edits by IP editors adding unsourced information about Michael Kirby (artist). Despite them making a number of very significant claims about Kirby we have no way of verifying them, and no way of demonstrating that Kirby, above the many other street artists on Wikipeda, is particularly notable to the topic of street painting. The Michael Kirby (artist) article itself is equally bold in its claims and similarly empty of sources to back them up. It also reads like a vanity article.

If the IP editors could provide some sources verifying Kirby's significance we can discuss whether he should be in this article. Until then I have removed them again. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 22:05, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

Notable artists
I've removed this section as essentially a matter of opinion. There is no clear criteria given to what makes an artist "notable" enough for this list, above all others. There is also a List of street artists article already. If anyone can define a factual criteria that would help define who is the most notable amongst them, other that personal opinion, then happy to hear about it. Thanks. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 12:59, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

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