The street art’s ability to raise socially significant problems

Abstract

The author of the article considers the main current street art’s characteristic which lies in the
fact that it might and should address the issues of social, political, philosophical, environmental etc.
nature. In particular this main feature is aimed at the engagement of audience, that is city residents,
in dialogue. In accordance with this, the author of the article gives some examples of particular
street art works, which reflect the described characteristic of this kind of art. In order for illustrative
purposes the article presents and analyses famous world and Russian street art pieces. In the con-
sideration of Russian street art works’ content the author concentrates on the pieces of street artists
from Yekaterinburg, which is noted for its big amount of original street art works and is recognized
as a capital of Russian street art.