Arte urbana: a voz que ecoa além dos muros

Abstract

This research aims to conduct a study about urban art and some of the issues that compose its panorama. By immersing in its recent history, the research provides a greater emphasis on urban art that emerged from the 1970s with a prominent socio-political critical vision. The "Urban Art" is described and problematized by the tension between the public and private domain, the urban violence and the art system, in order to achieve a better conception of this cultural phenomenon which is in an increasing evolution. Then, I explore my career in art and I describe my experiences with urban interventions. Performing an analysis based on my production as an urban artist, which counts, predominantly, with works that attempt to establish a dialogue with the dynamics of urban life, highlighting practical problems of everyday life, such as violence, the gap between state and citizen and the social inequality. Giving the appropriate emphasis to the urban intervention project realized with this master's research, entitled: "Status quo revolution", which has as its main theme, the poetic hope of transformation, and the love, and its greatest icon, the heart, as symbols