Tidying Up Art: Messy Masterpieces Made Neat & Clean
The Swiss are known for leading an orderly existence, so you can imagine their frustration at grandiose works of German art and the excesses of their French neighbors as well. Ursus ...
Category: Art
Urban art is at the heart of WebUrbanist – the drawings, images, photos and sculptures that inspire us in part because they are open to the public. From installation artworks to street graffiti and everything in between, here is our extensive collection of urban street art gathered from around the world and representing both traditional techniques and innovative approaches by old and new street artists alike.
Ad-Free Advertising: A Void Billboard of Nothingness
Passing over the border between the United States and Canada near Vancouver, travelers take in this unexpected sight: an odd metal billboard advertising nothing but air. Clean air. 'Non-Sign II' ...
Creative Fuel: 12 Appealingly Painted Oil Storage Tanks
Most oil storage tank farms are big, bland and boring, classic examples of form following function with the occasional company logo affixed to break up the visual monotony. Most but not all: there ...
Don’t Trip: 4 Dizzying Rooms by 1 Surrealist Spatial Artist
Like some kind of strange spatial magician, Kyung Woo Han turns conventional furniture, fixtures, doors and windows into otherworldly scenes that call into question just how familiar we really ...
Pixelated and Underwater: Azuma Makoto’s Bonsai Art
Bonsai trees are beautiful, but most require a very dedicated person to tend to their needs - unless they're made of Legos. Artist Azuma Makoto has not only created a bonsai made of these ...
Stories Jump Out of the Pages with 3D Book Sculptures
Fiction favorites, from Gone with the Wind to Treasure Island, literally leap off the pages in three dimensions in Jodi Harvey-Brown's imaginative book paper sculptures. Harvey-Brown illustrates ...
On Space Time Foam: Surreal Billowing Art Installation
The science of engineering and rationalism of city planning meet visionary experimentation in art installations by Tomás Saraceno. The Argentina-born artist is known for works that imagine an ...
Imagine Nations: 15 Peaceful John Lennon Memorials
Imagine a world without memorials to the late John Lennon, it isn't hard to do. The fact there ARE commemorative tributes to the former Beatle and peace crusader scattered across the globe in some ...
Rainbow Food Photography is Not Entirely Appetizing
Would you eat purple lettuce? How about green bacon or multi-colored pasta? Photographer Henry Hargreaves has put some of our favorite foods into an entirely new context by giving them a ...
For The Love Of Santa! 22 Crazy Christmas Decorations
The holiday season is about friends, family, and feeling close to one's fellow man. This is all well and good, but it's also an excuse to go absolutely insane with decorations. After a couple of ...
