Street art is cool. We've talked about it in class but theres something about putting a message out there in an unsuspecting place, where everyone can see is so cool. It makes people, think, smile, or laugh, or maybe none of those emotions but just lets people look at the art. Back in 2012 a local street artist under the name Leuven took Provos blank walls by storm. In the form of wheat pastes, this artist would print out their scaled art on 8.5 x 11 sheets printed at the byu library (it was the cheapest duh). It started out slow but then got recognition as they were putting up bigger pieces. The small ones were the charmers though. The ones where the didn't jump out at you, they were hidden. This artist designed a logo that got so popular they made shirts and sold them, and when the mayor of provo saw them, the bought the logo and commissioned the artist to put up a mural of the logo. All started with some "punk" kid "vandalizing" the walls of provo. I think this story is so cool! It shows that street art isn't just graffiti, gang related, and trashy. It can be beautiful! It can share a message, and change the place it was put up, forever. I find this artist Leuven super inspiring and kinda like the street artist I look up to. I hope to someday put up as big of pieces as they did. And even though they have since left provo, I hope to kind of carry on the tradition. I just really think they are rad, but maybe I'm biased.
Heres a link to their work!
https://www.facebook.com/leuvenstreetart/
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