Street Art-
A perceptible trend to rekindle social cognizance

Apurva Sinha

“I have always paid a great deal of attention to what happens on walls. When I was young I often even copied graffiti”- Pablo Picasso

Wide walls, artistic valour, immense energy free-spirited soul, varied mediums, an artistic imagery, a land mark in the city a precursor of pop art, a set of ideas framed together, multi layered panels, popularly came to be known as street art in the post modern context. The idea initiated by a new generation art school artists lifted up this new form of art movement with fresh expressions fused with a combination of punk, hip hop attitude with learned skill and knowledge put together on a colourful palette. Street art is explicitly an engagement with a city as the walls are the channel to produce a vocalised imagery of perceptions, thoughts, expressions, emotions, notions, dialogues, criticism and largely a cognitive concept. What could possibly be the reason for this introspective dialogism with self, society and the societal patterns that led to the emergence of this globalised art movement called ‘Street Art’? Was this purely a fresh stream dip in the pond of new generation art scenario that initiated for a cause or to create a strident turbulence against the changing societal milieu?