Over the past 6 years the street art movement has been fairly well noticed around the world and documented on various cool websites, but until now I haven't read any words relating it to a revolution. It's probably the fact that none of the artists particularly are fond about having the dialogue. However, Banksy ("The Phantom" of street art) is promoting a documentary while continuing to keep his identity elusive, and still manages to deliver on and off the walls with this quote from his Wired interview.
-Safari-
"The film might come across as a bit cynical, but it’s important not to forget these are revolutionary times in art.
There’s a whole new audience out there, and it’s never been easier to sell it, particularly at the lower levels. You don’t have to go to college, drag ’round a portfolio, mail off transparencies to snooty galleries or sleep with someone powerful. All you need now is a few ideas and a broadband connection. This is the first time the essentially bourgeois world of art has belonged to the people. We need to make it count."
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