ON THE STREET FINE ARTS - STREET ART /GRAFFITI BY SUBHRONIL GHOSH

 STREET ART/GRAFFITI

street wall arts of kolkata
https://www.dodho.com/street-wall-arts-of-kolkata-by-pritam-dutta/

while Kolkatas unofficial position as the country's arts and cultural capital is widely accepted,the city's street art culture hasn't necessarily made a name for itself .mostly unstructured and still budding, Kolkatas street art scene is nonetheless every bit worth exploring.Much like other indian cities the walls of Kolkata has always been rich with graffiti displaying political and religious doodle including walls for votes and criticizing the opponent party these works are not even considered as art.

kolkata election graffiti
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27100187 

 
     even as other cities such as Mumbai and Delhi have seen the emergence of thoughtful street in the past decade,political doodles remained the primary public art Kolkatans wew exposed to up,until the latter half of the past decade.over the past few years kolkata walls has been designed by street art crews determined to revolutionize the city's walls and to reclaim it from political graffiti groups such as Zypher and K crew as well as independent artist such as Snik,are among the most popular artists and you can come across there arts on the walls of the city.Colourful doodles,popular culture  references and socio political commentary are the most popular themes covered by them.you will find yourself stumbling from different streets of the city  from iconic Park street to other busy streets of the  central business district to festive lanes of Kumartuli however the city's efforts at  dramatically revamping at its public art scene are mostly evident in metro stations.kolkata has made a conscious effort to create dynamic murals and other pieces of art in its prime metr stations,in an attempt to liven up kolkata's commute.larger than life ceramic murals and paintings can be seen adorning the exteriors of the city's busiest metro station's most  notably at esplanade,central,dum dum ,chandni chowk stations.some use wall art as a propaganda ,some for art and some to clean the city.however the way you want it grandiose of wall art can never be fail to impress.'walls have ears' and some for it seems have eyes and mouth as well.most walls in kolkata are covered by the work ofanonymyous artist,but by political flags propagating.

A place of Jamini Roy,Mukul Dey,Rabindranath Tagore their work is only limited to few metro stations and grand museums.while the classic era has reached the fag end,these new artists Snik(reevu),Shrek(justin)and Shock who work under pseudonyms are piloting and preservingthe culture of wall art of Kolkata.

wall art on a wall of parks street kolkata
https://lbb.in/kolkata/places-to-visit-wall-art-in-kolkata/

     
   
 

the talking walls of kolkata
https://milaap.org/stories/the-talking-walls-of-kolkata

they don't need a canvas and brushes,there only ammunation paint cans,'the wall is my canvas graffiti is a quick form of art i dont need to sit and draw in my room the walls are his canvas says Rivu.