Fill in the Blanks street art wide angle 6 unit 1Online version nanananana by Juan Martinez 1 has out changing does are has growing been placed simply are changed is have not rules use depends become attracting Popular interest in street art and graffiti over the years . Historically they have been either ignored or dismissed , but attitudes . In fact this art forms in popularity since the 1980s . This is apparent from the wide range of books and articles that available as well as websites , festivals and museums and gallery exhibitions that are devoted to art and graffiti . These days street art is an exciting and original form of artistic production that more and more artists . Street art and graffiti are similar but also interestingly different . In the case of the street art it is difficult to separate it from other forms of art in the public eye , such as public sculpture and performance . Furthermore different people the term street art in different ways , applying it to graffiti , large wall paintings or murals , public sculpture , street instalation and many other art forms . The broadest notion of street art is just that of " art in the streets " . However , according to Nicholas Alden Riggle's 2010 work " Street Art : The Transfiguration of the Commonplace " a painting that is placed on the street street art . Street art is art whose meaning on its use of the street . This definition the example of a painting that someone just in the street . It also supports the view that is street art cannot be removed without threatening its meaning as as street art . Its home is a public arena , and so it can be freely altered or destroyed by the public .