Street art in Montauban

Urban art is a protean mode of artistic expression whose objective is to invest the street for creative purposes. It is fascinating that even sometimes subversive and vandal, it is nonetheless appreciated and even today ordered by the public authorities. Having become a global phenomenon, it is conveyed by the media, art dealers and institutions under the mainstream expression "street-art".

Very often ephemeral because exposed to weather hazards and degradation, the brevity of its existence induces the permanent renewal of the forms and messages it contains. These affect the general public and question the world as well as the individual. The street then remains, even if already saturated with signs and passages, an agora of choice, an infinite space of visibility for artists. Where the individual and the collective intersect.

To discover all the works, the CIAP of Montauban offers you a visit booklet, focus street-art, to know everything about this graphic art in the Cité d'Ingres.
The booklet can be collected free of charge from the reception of the Tourist Office or the CIAP.

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