str Buzz - Street Fashion & Style

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What are Titian and Rembrandt doing out on the streets, while Banksy and his fellow taggers take over the museums and auction houses? Yolanda Zappaterra wonders what’s going on in the topsy-turvy world of fine art

There’s something strange happening in the art world. Art meant for galleries - paintings, and installations we associate with the hallowed halls of the Tate and The National Gallery - is escaping on to the street, while art from the street is moving into the galleries.

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Miranda Donovan’s art is a mix of urban street art, painting and sculpture. Her current exhibition, Lost World of Innocence, features three-dimensional pieces of painting and graffiti on layers of brickwork made up of cement, plaster, sand and paint. Donovan focuses on techniques used by street artists, as well as their outlooks and points of view. Her use of street signs and other identifiers such as telephone booths provides a recognizable connection to the urban landscape, forcing the viewer to take a more realistic view of the surroundings.

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