10 Pimped Out Pump Jacks Give The Nod To Urban Oil Art
Mechanical "nodding donkeys" have been grazing the surface of uninhabited oil fields for many decades but in urban settings they can look, well, crude. Making these horsehead pumps look ...
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.
Thank You for Littering: NYC Garbage Becomes Boxes of Art
Centuries ago, there was very little garbage, but the little bits of this and that buried in the ground are now fascinating visual clues to a life long gone. Trash today is much easier to find ...
Big Screens, Big Fun: 2 Simply Silly Public Art Projects
Once we move from childhood to adulthood, playfulness seems to take a back seat to responsibility. Many of us lose that sense of wonder and fun that makes all of our daily activities seem ...
Cogs and Ink: 28 Cool Steampunk Tattoo Designs that Wow
Many think steampunk is a fad that will flare up and burn itself out quickly, as most fads do. If steampunk fans' willingness to permanently ink themselves with steampunk themed tattoos is any ...
Ceramic Fantastic: The Victorian Vision Of Laura Zindel
Laura Zindel's surreal ceramic creations combine high-quality home dishware with faux historical hand-drawn imagery inspired by Victorian Cabinets of Curiosity. Bugs, snakes and spiders on my ...
Strange Miniature Worlds Made of Cotton, Sugar and Spice
Gazing at the portfolio of artist Matthew Albanese, you’re likely to marvel not just at his guts for getting so dangerously close to a tornado or erupting volcano, but luck for always seeming ...
Holgas, Polaroids & Pinholes: Lush Low-Tech Photography
10 years into the 21st century, film photography has been almost completely written off as obsolete, with even amateur photographers ditching traditional cameras for the crispness and convenience ...
Steampunk Art: 11 Steam Powered Character & Fiction Elements
Steampunk, the aesthetic of Victorian clothing and steam powered technology, is known best for its old timey costumes and eccentric, cog-laden accessories, but there's a whole side to the ...
Urban Theater of the Absurd: Bizarre Public Performance Art
All it takes is a crawling woman in a hairy suit, a bunch of jumping men with televisions on their heads or a guy projecting his private parts onto public buildings to turn urban settings into ...
Vectorial Elevation Vancouver: Telerobotic Art Installation
As beautiful as a display of fireworks can be, they’re passive: viewers are just viewers, rarely having a hand in the actual design of the show. But a project going on right now in Vancouver ...
