SIT Graduate Institute/SIT Study Abroad SIT Digital Collections Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection SIT Study Abroad Fall 2011 The Revolutionary Art: Street Art Before and After the Tunisian Revolution Nicholas Korody SIT Study Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection Part of the Arts and Humanities Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, and the Politics and Social Change Commons Recommended Citation Korody, Nicholas, "The Revolutionary Art: Street Art Before and After the Tunisian Revolution" (2011). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1134. https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1134 This Unpublished Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the SIT Study Abroad at SIT Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection by an authorized administrator of SIT Digital Collections. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Revolutionary Art Street Art Before and After the Tunisian Revolution Nicholas Korody 7 December 2011 THE REVOLUTIONARY ART 2 Art and revolution have always commingled . Often , periods of social upheaval are also periods of profound artistic experimentation . For example , the Bolshevik revolution encouraged constructivism and the daring new forms of the Russian avante- garde . Additionally , art is often used as a mechanism to incite people into action . The Cuban revolution , Chinese revolution , and Russian revolution all created unique and highly influential political propaganda . During the Arab Spring , the series of mass protests and government-overthrows that erupted in early 2011 across North Africa and the Middle East , little was reported in the media of the cultural changes that existed .