Most people tend to think of graffiti as subversive art spraypainted in the dead of night on urban walls. Some artists, however, including Edgar Mueller, Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner, defy that stereotype, painting and chalking openly on city streets and sidewalks. Beyond merely entertaining crowds, their work has at times even broken world records. These street art images and biographies merely scratch the surface and begin to convey their amazing artistic talents.
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3 Amazing 3D Graffiti Artists: Street Painting and Sidewalk Chalk Art
Most people tend to think of graffiti as subversive art spraypainted in the dead of night on urban walls. Some artists, however, including Edgar Mueller, Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner, defy that stereotype, painting and chalking openly on city streets and sidewalks. Beyond merely entertaining crowds, their work has at times even broken world records. These street art images and biographies merely scratch the surface and begin to convey their amazing artistic talents.
Subversion with a Twist: 3 Types of Unusually Legal Urban Street Art
People tend to think of graffiti as being necessarily illegal. While that may be the case much of the time, not all guerilla art breaks the law. Many urban artists manage to be creatively but legally subversive. Here are some engaging types and works of visual and performance art that have prompted critical thought or stirred up controversy, all without getting the artist(s) in trouble.
Subvertising: 5 Ways to Take Control and Subvert Your Surroundings
Subvertisements are an excellent means of turning the commercial world around you upside down, make humorous or critical commentaries on consumer society, or even get rid of ads altogether. Subvertising can sneak up on you, entertain you, and possibly lead to premature enlightenment. Get started by removing those pesky ads that always pop up while you're surfing the web - or better yet, replace them with the creative works of up-and-coming artists:
Guerilla Marketing Meets Reverse Graffiti
Imagine creating amazing street art murals, graphics or graffiti tags anywhere you wanted and in a completely legal why. Now imagine getting paid for it. Well, one featured Web Urbanist street artist group does exactly that. The urban artists of Symbolix selectively clean the uban environment, leaving behind slogans, words and images of major companies and product releases. This group has managed to turn a street art hobby into a guerilla marketing campaign strategy.
Urban Street Art Installation Projects: Satirical, Sophisticated, Silly & Sublime
A WebUrbanist reader pointed out a potential problem with posting even really fascinating guerilla marketing images: such images are inevitably free advertising for the companies the advertise for, whether we like it or not. With that in mind, this is a follow-up post that shows (and links to) other forms of amazing ...
