Editing Guerrilla art

{{Short description|Street art movement}}
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[[File:banksy-art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|right|An example of Guerrilla art by [[Banksy]] found on [[Brick Lane]], [[East End of London]] (2004)]]

'''Guerrilla art''' is a [[street art]] [[art movement|movement]] that first emerged in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], but has since spread around the world and is now established in most countries that already had developed [[graffiti]] scenes. In fact, it owes so much to the early graffiti movement, in the [[United States]] guerrilla art is still referred to as 'post-graffiti art'.
  
Guerrilla art differs from other art forms in it has no external boundary between the image and the environment. While a traditional painting can be moved from one gallery to another without the meaning or the artistic credibility of the piece being affected, street art is environmental, the surface to which it is applied to being as fundamental to the piece's meaning as that which is applied. Without the dynamics of modern life, guerrilla art is reduced to 'art for arts sake' and would be defined by ''what it is'' as opposed to ''what it does''.

The production of [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] art is focused on cause and effect, not the material piece itself. It aims to produce an effect within the minds of those people who live within the environment being altered. It does not necessarily aim to produce meaningful art in itself.

== Guerrilla artists ==
Guerrilla artists increasingly seem to be moving towards a philosophy of painting a continuous work of art, adding to it over time as less developed elements of the piece are erased by graffiti cleaning efforts or in the battle for space. Art on canvas is not guerrilla art. Although many guerrilla artists regularly produce 'trapped art', they do not generally consider it to be the same thing. This has manifested itself in a wave of new canvas styles that have a guerrilla art style, but are more comprehensive and finished. Few traditional artists would create artwork intentionally meaning for it to be [[Mass production|mass produced]] with little fidelity and put up with [[wheatpaste]]. Many guerrilla artists hijack major branding for their own publicity and identity, often at odds with the brand itself. This can be seen with [[D*Face]]'s hijacking of the [[Walt Disney]] signature.

It's not a movement that attempts to support or to oppose brand conditioning. It is the general public's artistic response to it.

=== Artists ===<!--should it be renamed to "Notable artists" or sth alike?-->
{{See also|List of street artists}}
* [[Banksy]] is an English-based graffiti artist, political activist and film director whose real identity is unknown. Their [[Satire|satirical]] street art and subversive [[Epigram|epigrams]] combine [[Black comedy|dark humour]] with graffiti executed in a distinctive [[Stencil graffiti|stenciling]] technique. Their works of [[Politics|political]] and [[social commentary]] have been featured on streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.<ref>[http://weburbanist.com/2007/07/19/banksy-paradox-unofficial-guide-to-the-worlds-most-infamous-urban-guerrilla-street-artist/ "The Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides to the World's Most Infamous Street Artist]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 19 July 2007</ref>

* In 1978 in downtown [[Wellington]], New Zealand, [[Barry Thomas (artist and filmmaker)|Barry Thomas]] planted 180 cabbages forming the word 'CABBAGE' on the corner of Willis and Manners Streets where a hotel and theatre had been demolished.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Barton |first=Christina |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174080777 |title=Wellington: a city for sculpture |last4=Wellington Sculpture Trust |date=2007 |publisher=Victoria University Press in association with Wellington Sculpture Trust |isbn=978-0-86473-570-6 |editor-last=Harper |editor-first=Jenny |location=Wellington [N.Z. |pages=123 |language=English |chapter=Fragments & bits: a brief history of temporary art in Wellington |oclc=174080777 |editor-last2=Lister |editor-first2=Aaron}}</ref> This 'public art project' was called ''The vacant lot of cabbages'' aka ''The cabbage patch.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farrar |first=Sarah |date=2 November 2012 |title='Vacant lot of cabbages' documentation enters Te Papa's archives |url=https://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/11/02/vacant-lot-of-cabbages-documentation-enters-te-papas-archives/ |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=Te Papa’s Blog |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Thomas's intention was to promote inner city parks rather than commercial development. The cabbages lasted six months during which time city residents added to the site and took part in poetry readings and performances.<ref name=":0" />

== Use in advertising campaigns ==
The principles of guerrilla art have occasionally been adopted by corporations in various forms of [[guerrilla marketing]], particularly [[viral marketing]] and [[street marketing]]. Such activity may be conducted either directly or through the use of [[Front organization|front groups]], and is used to promote a product or service.

Controversies have arisen over corporate guerrilla campaigns. In 2006, the Australian launch campaign for [[Coca-Cola Zero Sugar]], which included [[fake blog]]s and public graffiti, attracted significant criticism for violating ethical standards.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/coke-site-gets-zero-for-effort/2006/01/24/1138066785594.html "Coke Gets A Zero For Effort"]</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Zero Movement|url=http://www.thezeromovement.org/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112042556/http://www.thezeromovement.org/|archive-date=12 January 2006|access-date=July 24, 2006|publisher=Tim Longhurst}}</ref> Similarly, in 2007, a [[Boston]]-based campaign for ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' caused [[2007 Boston Mooninite panic|a citywide bomb scare]].

== See also ==
* [[Culture jamming]]
* [[Street installation]]
* [[Subvertising]]
* [[Bust of Edward Snowden]]
* [[Yarn bombing]]
* [[Brandalism]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.picturesonwalls.com POW (Pictures On Walls)]
* [http://www.irangraffiti.com Iranian Graffiti movement]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181230144616/http://faculty.samfox.wustl.edu/bulawsky/guerillalinks.html GUERRILLA - INTERVENTIONIST - POLITICAL Art Links]

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