It seems as if the interest in Street Art as a recognized art form and vehicle of creative expression is receiving more interest and exposure in recent times. The following article appeared in the Summer 2010 edition of Art South Africa which I’m posting here by their kind permission and also that of Janine Stephen the author.
Fietas was a haven of cosmopolitanism. It was a world within a world, a democracy within a totalitarian state. There were no class barriers. Each person belonged to the aristocracy of his own personality.