Graffiti's softer side

What is Street Art?

• An art form that is only created in France

• An art form that uses lots of dull, muted colours

• An art form that can be found outside in urban settings

• An art form that is always legal

What materials do Street Artists commonly use?

• Spray paint

• Acrylic paint

• Colouring pencils

• Oil pastels

Jessie Harmons 'yarn bombed' the statue of Rocky because...

• she wants people to take photos of it.

• she thinks too many tourists come and see it.

• she wants more people to go and see the paintings in the museum.

• tourists find it aannoying.

Why did Magda Sayeg knit a cover for the door handle of her shop?

• For her own amusement.

• To attract customers.

• Because someone passing the shop suggested it.

• To set an example to othr yarn bombers.

Jessie thinks that yarn bombing is different from other forms of street art because...

• its popularity has spread via the Internet

• it's temporary and soon disappears

• it looks much nicer

• it's less masculine

What is the police's usual attitude to yarn bombing?

• They make it clear that it is against the law.

• They think that yarn bombers are strange people.

• They hardly ever try to arrest yarn bombers,

• They tolerate professional artists, but not amateurs.

Agata Oleksiak isn't very pleased...

• because she was prevented from knitting covers for objects in a museum.

• because people don't realise that she started yarn bombing before anyone else.

• if galleries don't accept her work.

• if people don't see the difference between her work and yarn bombing.

What is the writer's overall opinion of yarn bombing?

• It is wrong because it is aginst the law.

• The writer doesn't express a personal view.

• it's a more feminine version of graffiti.

• It deserves to be called 'art'.