Proto Street Art in Ljubljana in the 1980s and 1990s

The Case of Mizzart

Autores/as

  • Helena Konda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v10i1.917

Palabras clave:

proto-street art, street art, graffiti, Mizzart, Ljubljana

Resumen

Mizzart, a collective of students from different artistic fields, created large-scale paintings in the urban landscape in Ljubljana in the 1980s and 1990s. Their independent artistic practices in public space in the 1980s and 1990s could be described as ‘proto-street art’ – a new avenue of contemporary research in graffiti and street art studies. Based on a brief historical introduction of genealogical connections between street art and graffiti, upgraded with Rafael Schacter's classification of 'street art' as a defined artistic period, the article identifies the main characteristics of ‘proto-street art’, which are: the time of occurrence, agents, spontaneity/sovereignty, iconography, site specificity, unprofitability and interaction with public. Mizzart’s ephemeral cultural heritage is analysed by the proposed seven key formal elements of ‘proto-street art’.

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Publicado

2024-05-07

Cómo citar

Konda, H. (2024). Proto Street Art in Ljubljana in the 1980s and 1990s: The Case of Mizzart. Street Art & Urban Creativity, 10(1), 26–39. https://doi.org/10.25765/sauc.v10i1.917