Thirteenth International Conference on The Arts in Society

Abstract

The artist chooses less known paintings from local museums, prints the human figures depicted on them as large scale stickers, and places them on buildings in deprived areas. In the project fine arts become street art and street art takes its inspiration from fine arts. The artist himself describes it as a way of examining how people react to the pictures in their environment and interact with them. This interaction may result in a destruction of ephemeric art works but also in a creation of new patterns of using the common spaces and, as a consequence, strengthening local identity. I am going to discuss the engaging, participative aspect of the project and its input in bringing people together and promoting grass roots democracy. Basing on this discussion, I will draw perspectives for using different forms of art as an instrument of stimulating people’s creative potential in their social life.