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Hand in street art around the world
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Eduardo Pereira
- Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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Laura Filippini Lorimier Fernandes
- Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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Luciano Pereira
- Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
| Published: | February 6, 2020 |
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Objectives/Interrogation: Since the beginning of human civilization, under the Caveman era, the man had a necessity to represent the human figure, drawing it on the cave, and the hand was always an important part, due to its function as our first tool, for hunting, fighting and daily life activities.
In urban centers, a creative phenomenon is taking place, alongside to buildings and traffic, a personal expression of the modern human condition in the form of works of art on the street (Street Art), is available for everyone to see.
Nowadays, hand keeps present in the art in general; and drawing hand is known to be one of the most difficult forms our body.
Methods: The author, a Hand Surgeon presents photographs of street art, whose theme is hand, around the world, taken by him, with his camera, during bike rides.
Results and Conclusions: We present 50 photographs of street art taken in several cities around the world like Berlin, London, Miami, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo (Figure 1 [Fig. 1], Figure 2 [Fig. 2]).
The beauty and importance of a hand are expressed in the streets by many artists around the world, sometimes we pass in a hurry, by car and don't notice it. The author passionate by hands wanted to share with other hand surgeons his experience discovering hand in art in our big metropolis.
