Academic Journal Citation and Annotation on Graffiti and Street Art

Riggle, Nicholas Alden. “Street Art: The transfiguration of the Commonplaces.” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 68.3 (2010): 243-257. JSTOR. Web. 06 March 2014. This article discusses the differences between street art found the art world and those found in the streets. The author defines street art as not only being graffiti murals placed on surfaces in urban spaces but the actual use of the street and its material as an artistic resource. Riggle argues that street art in the street is original and imaginative but when it is designated to an art space, it lacks the essence of authenticity because it eliminates this material use of the street.  He believes that it serves a more meaningful purpose because it incorporates art in everyday life where as museums disconnect art and life.