The movement that I decided to look at for the 2000s was Street Art. This has been around for a long time in many different aspects. While researching the 1970s I looked briefly at graffiti art for my topic of choice which had a lot of developments at the time. In the 2000s, this has been brought back under the name of street art. The main artists, such as Banksy, use this format as a public form of expression for their work. Legally, the art movement itself would come under vandalism but a lot of artists are willing to put that all on the line in order to be able to properly express themselves.

As for the artist, I decided to look at Christian Guemy, who uses the moniker “C215”. Originally born in Paris, Guemy now travels the world doing street art. He primarily uses stencils in his art, and his style is primarily close up pictures of peoples faces. The main way he uses this is by having his art reflect the city in which he does it, for example by making a stencil and then painting on a wall a picture of a citizen of a city. This work is clever as he uses it to create designs and leave his mark all over the world, but keeping it personal to the city makes it all blend together and guarantees his work to fit in.