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高三英语复习专题07 阅读理解训练（五） 一 Street art can be found on buildings , sidewalks , street signs and even trash cans from Tokyo to Paris to New York City . This special kind of art can take the form of paintings , sculptures , cloth or even stickers . Street art has become part of a global visual culture . Now , even art museums and galleries are collecting the work of street artists . It is not easy to provide an exact history of the street art movement . This kind of art has developed in many kinds of ways in places all over the world . Also , because it is illegal to paint public and private property without permission , street artists usually work secretly . This secretive nature of street art and its countless forms make it hard to define exactly . And people have different opinions about the movement . Some think street art is a crime and destroys property . But others see this art as a rich form of non-traditional cultural expression . Many experts say the movement began in New York City in the nineteen sixties. Young adults would use paint in special cans to spray their “tag” on walls and train cars around the city . This tag was a name they created to identify themselves and their artwork . This colorful style of writing is also called graffiti . It is visually exciting and energetic . Graffiti also became a separate movement expressing the street culture of young people living in big cities . Graffiti art represented social and political rebellion . These artists could travel around areas of the city making creative paintings for everyone to see . Sometimes this street art created a dispute between artists and city officials . Graffiti artists created their images and city officials quickly painted over them . During the 1980s , two famous New York painters?Keith Haring and Jean Michel began showing their work in art galleries and museums . This is when street art started to become part of the more general popular culture . 1．What can we infer from the first paragra