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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Wall art and graffiti in New York.
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    • Stickman's work is recognizable by his ubiquitous robot form, in this case made from the same paint used in crosswalks but often found in wheat-pastings as well.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • An unidentified oeuvre on Bond Street in NoHo. Street art can be found on and around doors, on shuttered windows, above your head, near the ground, on poles and street signs and traffic signals and newspaper boxes and scaffolding.
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    • An unidentified oeuvre on Bond Street in NoHo. Street art can be found on and around doors, on shuttered windows, above your head, near the ground, on poles and street signs and traffic signals and newspaper boxes and scaffolding.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Judging street art is not like judging a coin collection: just about nothing is in mint condition. But that's part of the charm.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Graffiti and art in New York.
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    • Graffiti and art in New York.
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    • Neighborhoods like Chelsea, SoHo and the Lower East Side in Manhattan and Williamsburg and Dumbo in Brooklyn are rife with artworks.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Graffiti and art in New York.
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    • No art history background required; it's not like distinguishing Cézanne from Matisse.
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    • Elbowtoe, an artist who is prolific in the street art world, uses political faces for this series of work.
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    • If you want to go in search of street art, doing a little homework will vastly improve your experience. Several Web sites, like Streetsy.com and woostercollective.com, will help you get to know the most prolific artists, and then you'll be able to spot them on the street.
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    • If you want to go in search of street art, doing a little homework will vastly improve your experience. Several Web sites, like Streetsy.com and woostercollective.com, will help you get to know the most prolific artists, and then you'll be able to spot them on the street.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • It can be drawings on paper that have been wheat-pasted onto the side of a building, like this one.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Patrons view wall art and graffiti in New York.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • The unidentified artist of this creature probably put it up in homage to the artist of the wheat-pasted drawing above it.
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    • New York City's street art, the uncommissioned, uncommercial forms of expression that pop up on buildings, sidewalks and street signs, go way beyond traditional graffiti. But this subtler form of street art is often camouflaged by more brash graffiti tags, like these black and white line drawings by Gaia, an artist-of-the-moment.
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    • Although wheat-pasting - affixing pre-made drawings with glue to building walls - is probably the most common medium for street art, pieces are often affixed to street signs, like this one by the artist Peru Ana Ana Peru.
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    • Graffiti and art in New York.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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    • Graffiti and art in New York.
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    • Artists from around the world pass through New York and leave their mark.
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