Street art and graffiti art continue to slowly gain notoriety within the walls of
famous galleries and museum spaces, yet still take a back seat to that of traditional,
mainstream accepted art forms. Street art and graffiti art styles are increasingly used in
mass media outlets, from advertisement to product placement, in an attempt to appeal
to young consumers worldwide. The importance and prevalence of street art can be
seen easily within our daily visual culture, from the largest cities worldwide to smaller
rural areas on a lesser scale. Today, it seems increasingly difficult to distinguish
between street art and graffiti art, as the two are so closely related and often overlap in
subject matter, media, aesthetic appearance, and placement as a public form of art.
Differentiating between street art and graffiti art is vital to this study, as the two contain a
variety of differences that are not understood by an undiscerning eye.