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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 51-66 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Visual Anthropology |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Abstract
Street art has a variety of expressive forms and themes. This article presents findings about a particular medium of street art, stencil graffiti, and its makers in Leipzig. In three analytical procedures, stencil-makers' orientations and practices are investigated in order to explore visual street art. Based on interviews with street artists, actual stencil graffiti, and a cross-table analysis, my documentary interpretation reveals distinctive formative principles for street art-related and political stencils. The first group is created based on extensions: street artists transgress ordered meanings and produce new connotations. Political stencils, in contrast, are coined through reduction and have a typical rough-and-ready appearance.
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- Cultural Studies
- Social Sciences(all)
- Anthropology
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In: Visual Anthropology, Vol. 28, No. 1, 01.01.2015, p. 51-66.
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